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Born here:

 BRAINARD, Mary G.  (1837-1905), 1837

 DOLBEAR, Professor A.E.  (1837-1910), 10 November 1837

 GRAFF, George, junior  (1886-1973), 1886

Resident:

 TAYLOR, J. Traill  (1827-1895) – 1879-1886

Died here:

 BENJAMIN, Park, senior  (1809-1864), 1864

 DOANE, W. Howard  (1832-1915), 23 December 1915

 DOLBEAR, Professor A.E.  (1837-1910), 23 February 1910

 HAWKRIDGE, Samuel  (1841-1902), 22 November 1902

 RILEY, Herbert J.  (1863-1941), 29 November 1941

 SAUNDERS, Alfred H.  (1863-c.1937), c.1937

Main references

Slide sets:

 [Advertisement for the company Boyer] (advertising: Screen-AD Studio Inc., 5 slides, n.d.)

 America (lecture: 'Maker 20', 12 slides, n.d.)

 American scenery in the far west (lecture: E.G. Wood, 50 slides, in/before 1889)

 American views: series 5 (lecture: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1905)

 American views: series 5a (lecture: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1905)

 American views: series 5b (lecture: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1905)

 American views: series 5c (lecture: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1905)

 Amongst the lowest: or, darkest New York (lecture: Riley Brothers, 64 slides, 1896)

 Cash Three (story: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1893)

 Catholic foreign missions (lecture: Catholic Truth Society, 40 slides, n.d.)

 Central Park, New York (lecture: York & Son, 9 slides, in/before 1888)

 Charlie Coulson: the drummer boy (story: Chatham Pexton, 15 slides, 1894)

 Charlie Coulson, the drummer boy (story: manufacturer unknown, 13 slides, in/before 1898)

 Chicago city (lecture: York & Son, 50 slides, 1893)

 Chicago Exposition (lecture: York & Son, 66 slides, 1893)

 The city of New York, U.S.A.: from negatives taken in 1913 (lecture: York & Son, 48 slides, 1914)

 Discovery of America by Columbus (lecture: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1903)

 The falls of Niagara: in summer and winter (lecture: manufacturer unknown, 37 slides, n.d.)

 From London to the Falls of Niagara (lecture: York & Son, 46 slides, in/before 1888)

 From New York City to Niagara Falls: by the New York, Central & Hudson River Railroad (lecture: Riley Brothers, 63 slides, 1897)

 From New York to Florida: by the Southern Railway (lecture: Riley Brothers, 60 slides, 1900)

 The glens of the Catskills (lecture: York & Son, 31 slides, in/before 1888)

 The great earthquake at San Francisco: Wednesday, April 18th, 1906, at 5-15 a.m. (lecture: Riley Brothers, 10 slides, 1906)

 Hawaiian Islands, etc. (lecture: manufacturer unknown, 22-25 slides, in/before 1894)

 The Hoosier schoolmaster (story: Riley Brothers, 50 slides, 1896)

 The ideal summer land: the Black Hills of South Dakota, U.S.A. (lecture: Riley Brothers, 45 slides, 1895)

 In His steps (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 48 slides, 1899)

 The liquor question in the United States (lecture: manufacturer unknown, 50 slides, c.1905)

 Liverpool to Chicago: by the Pennsylvania Railroad (lecture: Riley Brothers, 56 slides, 1893)

 Massa Tom: or the slave of Kentucky (story: manufacturer unknown, 8 slides, n.d.)

 Minneapolis: metropolis of the golden North West (lecture: Riley Brothers, 60 slides, 1897)

 Modern New York (lecture: York & Son, 55 slides, 1902-1909)

 Modern New York (lecture: Riley Brothers, 65 slides, 1896)

 A month in the United States and Canada (lecture: Riley Brothers, 60 slides, 1900)

 New York and the Falls (lecture: York & Son, 28 slides, in/before 1913)

 New York City (lecture: York & Son, 50-52 slides, in/before 1888)

 New York to the White Mountains (lecture: York & Son, 60 slides, 1887)

 Niagara (lecture: York & Son, 41 slides, in/before 1888)

 Nord-Amerika 1. Teil : von New York bis St. Louis (lecture: Projektion für Alle, 24 slides, 1906-1914)

 Nord-Amerika 2. Teil : von New Orleans bis San Francisco (lecture: Projektion für Alle, 24 slides, 1906-1914)

 The paradise of the Pacific: a trip to Hawaii (lecture: G.W. Wilson, 58 slides, in/before 1891)

 Public buildings, New York (lecture: York & Son, 19 slides, in/before 1888)

 Rip Van Winkle (story: York & Son, 12 slides, in/before 1887)

 San Francisco and neighbourhood (lecture: York & Son, 40 slides, 1896)

 A scamper through the States (lecture: Riley Brothers, 62 slides, 1900)

 A scamper through the States: with a visit to Chicago and its great exhibition (lecture: J. Green & Son, 66-78 slides, in/after 1893)

 Settlers life among the Indians: a series of pictures depicting episodes in the lives of the early settlers in America (story: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1903)

 The story of the Mayflower (lecture: Newton & Co., 60 slides, n.d.)

 A temperance journey round the world (lecture: UK Band of Hope Union, 50 slides, 1892)

 Three weeks in the United States and Canada (lecture: Valentine & Sons, 30 slides, in/before 1887)

 Tour through the United States (lecture: G.M. Mason, 60 slides, n.d.)

 Uncle Tom's cabin (story: Alfred Pumphrey, 20 slides, in/before 1888)

 Uncle Tom's cabin: chapter I -- Uncle Tom sold (story: W. Butcher & Sons, 8 slides, 1910-1912)

 Uncle Tom's cabin: chapter II -- death of Little Eva (story: W. Butcher & Sons, 8 slides, 1910-1912)

 Uncle Tom's cabin: chapter III -- Massa George and Uncle Tom (story: W. Butcher & Sons, 8 slides, 1910-1912)

 United States history (lecture: Riley Brothers, 55 slides, 1907)

 Views in Maine, U.S.A. (lecture: Riley Brothers, 53 slides, 1897)

 A visit to Hawaii and the Leper Isles (lecture: G.W. Wilson, ? slides, 1891)

 A visit to the world's great capitals (lecture: Riley Brothers, 54 slides, in/before 1887)

 Volcanoes, geysers, etc. (lecture: York & Son, 36 slides, in/before 1913)

 Washington City, D.C., U.S.A. (lecture: York & Son, 50 slides, 1884-1888)

 Washington to the north-west, U.S.A. (lecture: York & Son, 50 slides, in/before 1888)

 A week in Washington, D.C. (lecture: Riley Brothers, 60 slides, 1900)

 Western pioneers and Indian warfare (lecture: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, n.d.)

 Wonders of Yellowstone National Park (lecture: Riley Brothers, 60 slides, 1897)

Texts:

 ‘America’ in Descriptive readings for lantern slides 1

 ‘American scenery in the far west: California, Nevada, &c.’ in Lantern readings original and selected 2

 ‘American views: series 5’ in Readings in prose and verse

 ‘American views: series 5a’ in Readings in prose and verse

 ‘American views: series 5b’ in Readings in prose and verse

 ‘American views: series 5c’ in Readings in prose and verse

 Victor A. Wood, Among the lowest: or, darkest New York (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1896)

 The babes in the basket: or, Daph and her charge (London: Jarrold & Sons, c.1900)

 ‘Cash Three’ in Readings in prose and verse

 Catholic foreign missions (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1897)

 M.L. Rossvally (arr. John Burnham), Charlie Coulson: the drummer boy (London: W. Nicholson & Sons, 1893)

 Chicago city (London: York & Son, 1893)

 Vittorio Brunoni, Cristoforo Colombo: [Christopher Columbus] (Brescia: La Scuola Editrice, n.d.)

 Cuba and the Cubans (New York: n.d.)

 The Cuban War and fight for freedom (New York: 1898)

 ‘Discovery of America by Columbus’ in Readings in prose and verse

 James Comper Gray, The falls of Niagara (London: York & Son, n.d.)

 ‘The falls of Niagara: in summer and winter’ in Lantern readings original and selected 2

 Henry Gore, ‘From London to the Falls of Niagara’ in several compilations

 Edward Eggleston and Professor Dillenbeck, The Hoosier schoolmaster (Bradford: Riley Brothers, c.1894)

 Guy Hayler, The liquor question in the United States (Newcastle upon Tyne: Temperance Institute, c.1905)

 Liverpool to Chicago: by the Pennsylvania Railroad (Bradford: Riley Brothers, c.1893)

 ‘Massa Tom: or the slave of Kentucky’ in Lectures for the magic lantern [etc.] (1872)

 John S. Bond, Modern New York (London: York & Son, n.d.)

 New York to the White Mountains (London: York & Son, c.1887)

 Charles Sheldon (arr. Livesey Carrott), Our exemplar: or, what would Jesus do? (London: A. Weekes & Co., c.1899)

 ‘Readings from Uncle Tom's cabin’ in several compilations

 Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle (London: York & Son, n.d.)

 ‘Settlers life among the Indians: a series of pictures depicting episodes in the lives of the early settlers in America’ in Readings in prose and verse

 The Spanish-American War (New York: n.d.)

 The Spanish-American War (Bradford: 1898)

 Arthur Hallack, The story of the Mayflower: a lecture on the Pilgrim Fathers (London: Book Saloon, n.d.)

 Charles Wakely, A temperance journey round the world (London: UK Band of Hope Union, 1892)

 Three weeks in the United States and Canada (Dundee: Valentine & Sons, n.d.)

 Uncle Tom's cabin: a story of slavery in America sixty years ago – chapter I (London: W. Butcher & Sons, n.d.)

 Uncle Tom's cabin: a story of slavery in America sixty years ago – chapter II (London: W. Butcher & Sons, n.d.)

 Uncle Tom's cabin: a story of slavery in America sixty years ago – chapter III (London: W. Butcher & Sons, n.d.)

 Uncle Tom's cabin (n.d.)

 A visit to the world's great capitals (Bradford: Riley Brothers, c.1887)

 Vortrag zu den Bildern Im Fluge durch Nord-Amerika 1. Teil: von New York bis St. Louis (c.1910)

 Washington to the North West (London: York & Son, n.d.)

 ‘Western pioneers and Indian warfare’ in Readings in prose and verse

 With our soldiers and sailors afloat and ashore (New York: 1898)

 The Yellowstone National Park (n.d.)

Other references

The paradise of the Pacific: a trip to Hawaii (lecture: G.W. Wilson, 58 slides, in/before 1891)

Nord-Amerika 1. Teil : von New York bis St. Louis (lecture: Projektion für Alle, 24 slides, 1906-1914)

Nord-Amerika 2. Teil : von New Orleans bis San Francisco (lecture: Projektion für Alle, 24 slides, 1906-1914)

[Childrens' village and childrens' republic near New York: from stock of 'Ons Huis'] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, 41 slides, in/after 1920)

[Slides of the Americas: collection of the Société de géographie held at BnF] (lecture: A. Molteni, / Société de géographie, at least 2111 slides, in/after 1900)

[Masonic Subjects] (lecture: McIntosh Battery and Optical Company, 9 slides, n.d.)

Terry Borton and Deborah Borton, Before the movies: American magic-lantern entertainment and the nation's first great screen artist, Joseph Boggs Beale (New Barnet: John Libbey, 2014)

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