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Slide set: Street life: or people we meet (lecture: Riley Brothers, 50 slides, 1887-1891)

Known references to this set
Wanderings in Bible lands (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1887), back cover
Catalogue entries (4)
1891
Catalogue of photographic lantern transparencies and apparatus: season 1891-2 (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1891), 32

“A new series of slides photographed from life, and illustrating the various characters met with in every-day life. Many of them are most amusing, and all are exceedingly realistic.”

1905
Catalogue of optical lantern slides (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1905), 14
1912
Catalogue of lantern slides for sale or hire (Manchester: Josiah T. Chapman, 1912), 3
Other references (2)
1888
Walter D. Welford and Henry Sturmey (compilers), The 'indispensable handbook' to the optical lantern: a complete cyclopaedia on the subject of optical lanterns, slides, and accessory apparatus (London: Iliffe & Son, 1888), 270

“A new series of slides photographed in the streets from life, and illustrating the various characters met with every day. Many of them are most amusing, and all are exceedingly realistic. We see the Lamp-lighter, Gas-Inspector, the Hansom Cabby, two Old Fruit Women, the Quack Doctor, etc., etc.”

1980
Colin Gordon, By gaslight in winter: a Victorian family history through the magic lantern (London: Elm Tree Books, 1980), 53-81
Lucerna ID  3000419

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 April 2024

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