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Slide set: The sailor and the donkey (story: Theobald & Co., 6 slides, in/before 1909)

Known references to this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1**
Jack, being paid off, decides to have a beano. He buys an umbrella
Slide 2**
He hires a donkey and dismisses the driver till he returns
Slide 3
The master absent, the donkey takes it easy. He won't stir
Slide 4**
A simoom springing up, Jack tries to steer his craft
Slide 5**
The donkey not answering it's helm, both are blown out to sea
Slide 6**
The sailor was saved, the donkey was drowned. Jack had to pay up much 'backsheesh'
** there are alternative versions or views of this slide
Lantern slide catalogue (Glasgow: J. Lizars, 1909), 29

“By Special Permission from 'Comic Life'. Wording on each Slide”

Lucerna ID  3005828

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 23 June 2013

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