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Slide set: How Uncle Pompey jined de pledge: a temperance negro sketch (story: Walter Tyler, 12 slides, in/before 1891)

Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1
Introduction
Slide 2
'I'se jined de pledge!' sang out little Abe
Slide 3
He belonged to the sad, dark army of Drink
Slide 4
'Uncle Pomp, don' -- don' ye want to jine'
Slide 5
He triumphantly glared down on the bold Cadet
Slide 6
Uncle Pompey, fat and heavy, climbed upon the roof
Slide 7
'Help! help! help!' he yelled
Slide 8
'Run, Abe!' screamed Aunty Flora
Slide 9
What if he came through the roof?
Slide 10
'Can't hab dis ladder until ye say ye'll jine'
Slide 11
Uncle Pompey said, 'I'll jine'
Slide 12
Interior -- Niggers rejoicing
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1
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
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Photography
Studio set
image content: Text – slide set title
2
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
3
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
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4
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
5
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
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6
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
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7
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
8
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
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9
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
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10
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Other object – ladder
11
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
12
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
Lucerna ID  3000715

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 March 2024

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