Slide set: Colonel Slasher and the cat (comic: Bamforth & Co., 6 slides, 1883-1888)

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Slide 1

Slasher and O'Bang spot their mutual enemy the tom cat dozing on the party wall. They hatch a plot to annihilate him

Slide 2

They creep up quietly to carry out their design

Slide 3

Arriving within reach of the cat they take a mighty aim

Slide 4

Slide 5

Slide 6

The major was getting the best of it, but the wall collapsed and settled everything, and when the cat returned everything was quiet

Catalogue entries (6)

1891

Catalogue of photographic lantern transparencies and apparatus: season 1891-2 (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1891), 42

1891

Complete catalogue of lantern slides, dissolving views, magic lanterns etc. (London: UK Band of Hope Union, 1891), C 29

1901

Catalogue of lantern slides: season 1901-2 (Dundee: Peter Feathers, 1901), 60

1905

Catalogue of optical lantern slides (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1905), 20

1909

Lantern slide catalogue (Glasgow: J. Lizars, 1909), 9

1910

A detailed catalogue of photographic lantern slides, life models &c. (Holmfirth: Bamforth & Co., 1910), 25

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), 283

“The would-be annihilation of the tom-cat, which, however, was not a success.”

Lucerna ID 3000448

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 March 2024

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Slide set: Colonel Slasher and the cat (comic: Bamforth & Co., 6 slides, 1883-1888)