Abstract: An automated photograph slide storage and retrieval system adapted for use with photograph slides having a magnetic stripe with information characteristic of the slide encoded thereon. The system includes a storage and retrieval device and a terminal. The storage and retrieval device includes a plurality of magazines in which the photograph slides are stored at indexed locations, a pick mechanism for retrieving selected photograph slides from the magazines, a read head, and a computer for controlling the magazines and pick mechanism. Data representative of the indexed locations at which the photograph slides are stored is maintained within electronic memory of the terminal. Information representative of selected slides to be retrieved from or stored within the storage and retrieval device is entered into the terminal through a keyboard. In response, the terminal provides command signals to the computer of the storage and retrieval device thereby causing the selected slides to be stored or retrieved.