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Slide set: How Jing-Jing bagged his quarry (story: W. Butcher & Sons, 8 slides, 1900-1907)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

'Ah! Now Jing-Jing hab some fun'

Slide 2

'Massa Alligator no catchee Jing-Jing'

Slide 3

'Dis way Sar'

Slide 4

'I've got you now Nigger'

Slide 5

'Oh no! Not yet'

Slide 6

'Dis nigger guess him got you'

Slide 7

The quarry bagged

Slide 8

Everyone satisfied

Number of slides

W. Butcher & Sons, England

Other related organisation

in stock of Josiah T. Chapman, 1909-1912

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

story

Date of first manufacture

unknown (earliest possible 1900, latest possible 1907)

Related slide sets

possibly same as How Jing-Jing bagged his quarry (story: manufacturer unknown, 8 slides, in/before 1909)

possibly same as Nigger and crocodile (story: manufacturer unknown, 8 slides, in/before 1901)

Series

Primus junior lecturers' series, number 504

Notes

The 1901 Peter Feathers catalogue uses the title Nigger and crocodile, and gives different slide titles from those on the slides themselves.

Collections

8 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keywords

comedy / humour
animals – reptiles

Lucerna ID 3000005

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 March 2024

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