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Organisation: G.W. Wilson, slide manufacturer

Organisation history  Slide manufacture  Texts published  Advertisements  
Slide sets manufactured (current known total 157 sets; at least 9,554 slides)
Title
Image type
Usage
No. slides
Date of first manufacture
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The abbeys, monasteries, and priories of ancient Britain
photograph
lecture
36-40
in/before 1888
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Algeria and Tunis
photograph
lecture
42
1894
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The Alhambra, Spain
photograph
lecture
26
in/before 1890
Among the chateaux of the Loire
photograph
lecture
44
1894
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The ancient kingdom of Fife
photograph
lecture
54
in/before 1890
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Animal locomotion
photograph
lecture
51
in/before 1905
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Antiquities at Athens
photograph
lecture
18
in/before 1891
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Antiquities at Athens
photograph
lecture
16
in/before 1890
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The architecture of England
photograph
lecture
56
in/before 1890
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The architecture of Scotland
photograph
lecture
50
1891
Army life and physical training at home and abroad
photograph
lecture
100
in/before 1909
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Army, Auxiliary Forces, and Navy
photograph
lecture
161(+)
unknown
Around and about Naples
photograph
lecture
48
in/before 1901
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An ascent of Monte Rosa from Zermatt
photograph
lecture
20
in/before 1901
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Auld lang syne
drawing / painting / print
recitation
5
in/before 1901
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Auld Reekie: a visit to Edinburgh
photograph
lecture
46
in/before 1890
Australian birds
photograph
lecture
33
in/before 1901
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Baalbek and Palmyra: two famous ruined cities
photograph
lecture
36
in/before 1896
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Balmoral Castle: the Queen's Highland home
photograph
lecture
40
1888
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Bavarian Passion Play
photograph
lecture
4(+)
unknown
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The beauties of Perthshire
photograph
lecture
52
in/before 1890
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Ben Nevis and its observatory
photograph
lecture
16
1884-1890
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Biblical texts
text
religious
227
in/before 1891
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Bristol and the West of England
photograph
lecture
38(+)
in/before 1892
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British history
drawing / painting / print
lecture
1937(+)
unknown
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The cannibal islands
photograph
lecture
60
in/before 1892
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Canterbury and its Cathedral
photograph
lecture
24
in/before 1890
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The cathedrals of England and Wales
photograph
lecture
70
1894
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Cats at play
photograph
miscellaneous
5
1891
Central Africa: up the River Shiré to Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika
photograph
lecture
54
1894
Character types and studies: additional subjects
photograph
miscellaneous
33
in/before 1909
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Chester and neighbourhood
photograph
lecture
20
in/before 1890
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Cities and canals of Holland
photograph
lecture
50
1892
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Cities of sunny Italy
photograph
lecture
52
1893
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The city of Berlin
photograph
lecture
34
in/before 1901
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The city of Rochester: and its associations with the life of Charles Dickens
photograph
lecture
23
1878-1890
The cottar's Saturday night
drawing / painting / print
recitation
8
in/before 1901
Davos and St Moritz: two Swiss health resorts
photograph
lecture
40
in/before 1901
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A day at Chatsworth and Haddon Hall
photograph
lecture
32
1889
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A day in Oxford
photograph
lecture
52
in/before 1889
The demon cat
drawing / painting / print
story
26
1889-1891
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Derbyshire and the Peak
photograph
lecture
52
in/before 1890
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The Dukeries and Sherwood Forest
photograph
lecture
47
in/before 1890
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Durham Cathedral
photograph
lecture
19
in/before 1891
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Ely Cathedral
photograph
lecture
18
in/before 1890
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English cathedrals
photograph
lecture
44
1880s
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Exeter Cathedral
photograph
lecture
14
in/before 1890
Florence
photograph
lecture
40
in/before 1901
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Flower studies from nature
photograph
lecture
44
1901-1909
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The French Riviera and Monte Carlo
photograph
lecture
70
in/before 1901
From Genoa and Pisa to Malta and Sicily
photograph
lecture
42
1894
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Genre studies: by Lyd. Sawyer
photograph
miscellaneous
10
in/before 1901
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The Giant's Causeway, County Antrim
photograph
lecture
32
in/before 1890
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The Giant's Causeway, County Antrim
photograph
lecture
28
in/before 1909
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Glasgow and 'doon the watter'
photograph
lecture
55
in/before 1890
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Glimpses of old Rome
photograph
lecture
38
1894
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Gloucester Cathedral
photograph
lecture
24
in/before 1891
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Here and there in southern Ireland
photograph
lecture
50
in/before 1909
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The Highlands of Scotland
photograph
lecture
52
in/before 1887
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Historical portraits
photograph
portrait
747(+)
in/before 1891
History of the Church of Scotland: series 1. From the beginning to the time of Andrew Melville
unknown
lecture
56
in/before 1893
History of the Church of Scotland: series 2. From the first Reformed Church Episcopy till the present
unknown
lecture
59
in/before 1893
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The Holy Land
photograph
lecture
80
in/before 1890
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The home of Grace Darling
photograph
lecture
20
1891
Illustrations of poems by Burns
drawing / painting / print
lecture
31
1894
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Instantaneous studies: animals
photograph
lecture
96(+)
in/before 1891
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Instantaneous studies: shipping and boats
photograph
lecture
64
in/before 1891
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Instantaneous studies: cloud and water effects
photograph
miscellaneous
47(+)
in/before 1891
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Instantaneous studies: trees etc.
photograph
lecture
44
in/before 1890
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Instantaneous studies: character studies and types
photograph
miscellaneous
24(+)
in/before 1891
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Ireland
photograph
lecture
80
in/before 1909
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Ireland: lecture no. 3
photograph
lecture
80
in/before 1901
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The Italian lakes in Spring
photograph
lecture
38
1894
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Italy
photograph
lecture
?
unknown
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Kamdene, Barnesburie, and D'Alston's tour in the North
drawing / painting / print
story
28
1888-1892
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Kingsley's home at Eversley
photograph
lecture
8
1891
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Lichfield Cathedral
photograph
lecture
19
1877-1901
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Life of the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone
photograph
lecture
52-54
in/before 1895
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Lincoln Cathedral
photograph
lecture
17
in/before 1890
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The Lowlands of Scotland
photograph
lecture
50
in/before 1887
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Madeira and the Canary Islands
photograph
lecture
48
1894
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Malta
photograph
lecture
32
1894
The manufacture of linen
photograph
lecture
56
1894
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Maps
drawing / painting / print
miscellaneous
28
in/before 1890
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Mary, Queen of Scots
photograph
lecture
60
1894
Mediterranean shores
photograph
lecture
70
1881-1909
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[Miscellaneous and unidentified slides by G.W. Wilson]
photograph
miscellaneous
64(+)
unknown
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Modern Babylon: a trip to London
photograph
lecture
50
in/before 1890
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Modern Babylon: a trip to London
photograph
lecture
52
in/before 1913
Naples, Pozzuoli, and Sorrento
photograph
lecture
28
in/before 1901
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The Netherlands: Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg
photograph
lecture
305
1892-1905
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New South Wales
photograph
lecture
60
1892-1896
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Nipon: Japanese life and scenery
photograph
lecture
70
in/before 1905
North again: golfing this time
drawing / painting / print
story
24
1894
Norway
photograph
lecture
80
1894
The old towns of Normandy
photograph
lecture
70
in/before 1896
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Orkney and Shetland
photograph
lecture
40
in/before 1887
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The paradise of the Pacific: a trip to Hawaii
photograph
lecture
58
in/before 1891
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Pau and Biarritz
photograph
lecture
?
unknown
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The Pillars of Hercules: Gibraltar and Ceuta
photograph
lecture
40
in/before 1901
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Portraits from life
photograph
portrait
61(+)
in/before 1890
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The posting of a letter
life model
story
5
unknown
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Prince Charlie and the '45
various
lecture
50
in/before 1896
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The principle and construction of the Forth Bridge
photograph
lecture
12
1889
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Queen Elizabeth
drawing / painting / print
lecture
60
in/before 1909
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Queensland
photograph
lecture
54
in/before 1909
A ramble through the Maritime Alps and Monaco
photograph
lecture
70
in/before 1901
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Robert Burns
photograph
lecture
60
in/before 1901
The Roman Campagna and its environs
photograph
lecture
60
1894
Rome and the Vatican
photograph
lecture
58
1886-1901
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Round about London
photograph
lecture
38
in/before 1889
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The ruined castles of Scotland
photograph
lecture
45
in/before 1888
The sacred mount of Varallo: the Passion Play
photograph
lecture
38
1894
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Salisbury Cathedral and Stonehenge
photograph
lecture
24
in/before 1890
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The Scottish Loch District
photograph
lecture
60
in/before 1896
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The Scottish Loch District
photograph
lecture
60
1896-1901
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The Shakespeare country
photograph
lecture
42
1890
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Sir Walter Scott and his country
photograph
lecture
56
in/before 1901
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Snow and hoar frost scenes
photograph
miscellaneous
20(+)
1891
The soldier's return
drawing / painting / print
recitation
6
in/before 1901
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Some ruins of ancient Greece
photograph
lecture
36
1894
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South Africa
photograph
lecture
80
in/before 1896
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South Australia
photograph
lecture
38
in/before 1909
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Sports and athletics
photograph
lecture
41(+)
in/before 1891
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The St Gothard railway: via railway and pass
photograph
lecture
38
in/before 1901
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The stately homes of England
photograph
lecture
50
in/before 1887
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Tam o' Shanter
drawing / painting / print
recitation
6
in/before 1901
Tasmania
photograph
lecture
66
1896
The terrible Tarawera eruption, New Zealand
photograph
lecture
25
1886-1901
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A thousand miles up the Nile
photograph
lecture
70
1891
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A thousand miles up the Nile: [additional slides]
photograph
lecture
15(+)
unknown
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Through the Bernese Oberland: from Lucerne to Berne
photograph
lecture
48
1894
Tippoo: a tale of a tiger
drawing / painting / print
story
38
1886-1891
A tour in Normandy
photograph
lecture
50
in/before 1898
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A tour through Yorkshire
photograph
lecture
56
in/before 1889
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Tripoli
photograph
lecture
40
1894
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Turkey
photograph
lecture
25(+)
unknown
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Types of the British Army
photograph
lecture
12-22
in/before 1890
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Types of the Indian Army
photograph
lecture
60
in/before 1909
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Under canvas: or, life in camp
photograph
lecture
14-15
in/before 1890
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Venice and her islands
photograph
lecture
36
in/before 1901
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Victoria
photograph
lecture
54
1895-1909
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A visit to Cambridge
photograph
lecture
50
1889
A visit to Hawaii and the Leper Isles
photograph
lecture
?
1891
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Wallace and Bruce: or, the Scottish war of independence
photograph
lecture
54
in/before 1895
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Wells Cathedral and Glastonbury Abbey
photograph
lecture
20
in/before 1890
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The west coast of Scotland: part 1. From Oban to Skye
photograph
lecture
31
in/before 1890
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The west coast of Scotland: part 2. The Outer Hebrides
photograph
lecture
36
in/before 1890
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The western Orient: Morocco
photograph
lecture
48
in/before 1901
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Westminster Abbey
photograph
lecture
15
in/before 1891
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Whimsicalities
photograph
comic
3
in/before 1891
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Wild animals in captivity
photograph
lecture
60
1894
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Winchester and its Cathedral
photograph
lecture
26
in/before 1890
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Windsor Castle
photograph
lecture
40
in/before 1890
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With a missionary in Sikkim
photograph
lecture
38
1894
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Worcester Cathedral
photograph
lecture
22
in/before 1891
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York and its Minster
photograph
lecture
24
1889
Lucerna ID 1000407

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