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Slide set: The telegram (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 9 slides, 1906)

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1
Intro. with Title
Slide 2
'Is this the telegraph office?' asked a childish voice one day
Slide 3
At my elbow stood the merest scrap of a boy
Slide 4
'Is this the telegraph office?' 'It is, my little man'
Slide 5
'I've printed it big so the angels could read out quick'
Slide 6
Ah! what could I tell the darling? for my eyes were filling fast
Slide 7
'Thank you,' he said, then scanned the sky
Slide 8
His face, as he slowly turned away, lost some of its gladsome light
Slide 9
Good-bye, I'll come and see you again, right after a thunder shower
Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1906-1914 (item ref. 1458)

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 1099)

Main type of image
life model
Main usage of set
recitation
Date of first manufacture
1906
Reading or song

‘The telegram’ in Onward reciter 224 (May 1890)

Collections

9 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID  3001726

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 24 February 2012

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