Slide set: Mr O'Toole's adventures with his umbrella (story: York & Son, 9 slides, in/before 1888)

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Slide 1

Mr O'Toole, when in Africa, took a walk, with his big umbrella to protect him from the sun

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Slide 6

Still more astonished when he sees it opened

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Slide 9

Mr O'Toole returns, and advises everybody to carry a large umbrella

Catalogue entries (7)

c.1889

Catalogue and price list of magic lantern slides and photographic transparencies (London: J. Brandon Medland, c.1889), B 30

1891

Complete catalogue of lantern slides, dissolving views, magic lanterns etc. (London: UK Band of Hope Union, 1891), A 30

1891

Complete catalogue of lantern slides, dissolving views, magic lanterns etc. (London: UK Band of Hope Union, 1891), B 59

1894

Wood's catalogue of slides, optical lanterns, and dissolving views apparatus: forty-eighth issue (London: E.G. Wood, 1894), 123

1901

Catalogue of lantern slides: season 1901-2 (Dundee: Peter Feathers, 1901), 59

c.1913

Catalogue of lanterns, slides and accessories (London: J.W. Butcher, c.1913), 366

c.1913

Lijst van lantaarnplaatjes (Nijmegen and Amsterdam: Ivens & Co., c.1913), 59

Other reference

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), 299

“O'Toole takes a walk in Africa with umbrella for a sunshade. While napping a lion appears, but is astonished at the umbrella, which keeps him at bay. Still more astonished at the umbrella when opened the animal retreats. O'Toole now advises everyone to carry a large umbrella.”

Lucerna ID 3004328

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 March 2024

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Slide set: Mr O'Toole's adventures with his umbrella (story: York & Son, 9 slides, in/before 1888)