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Slide set: Poor Pa's trousers (story: Alfred Pumphrey, 9 slides, in/before 1888)

Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1**
Mr Spriggings orders a new pair of trousers for his Club Dinner, but they are a little too long
Slide 2**
Asks his eldest daughter to alter them, but she cannot leave the piano
Slide 3**
His second daughter cannot leave her essay on Rational Dress
Slide 4**
His wife cannot leave off reading an important debate on the Women's Suffrage question
Slide 5**
He is obliged to go to his Club in an old pair of check trousers
Slide 6**
Cecilia relents and leaves the piano, and cuts a piece off the legs
Slide 7**
Sophronia, having completed her essay, does the same
Slide 8**
Ma, after three hours' reading, remembers his request
Slide 9**
The result -- Pa's trousers converted into a pair of knickerbockers
** there are alternative versions or views of this slide
Slide title
Format
Image type
Production
Background
1
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man
2
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Human figure – woman | Musical instrument – piano
3
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Human figure – woman
4
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Human figure – woman
5
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man
6
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – woman
7
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – woman
8
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – woman
9
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man
Lucerna ID  3005555

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 October 2021

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