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Slide set: Where there's a will there's a way (story: W. Butcher & Sons, 8 slides, 1900-1907)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

'Dat fence is too high an' me wid de rheumatics'

Slide 2

'I must hab one ob dem chicks'

Slide 3

'Dis pole will be ob use'

Slide 4

'I was allers a inwentor'

Slide 5

'I tought she couldn't resist a roostin place'

Slide 6

'How is dat fo' high?'

Slide 7

'De hand ob Providence was in dis!'

Slide 8

Ab im de nex time

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 set

possibly same as Where there's a will there's a way (story: manufacturer unknown, 8 slides, in/before 1909)

Series

Primus junior lecturers' series, number 506

Collections

8 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keywords

comedy / humour
animals – birds

Lucerna ID 3000007

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 March 2015

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