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Slide set: South Wales (lecture: Wrench & Son, 50 slides, in/before 1895)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1**

Chepstow Bridge and the Wye

Slide 2

Newport -- the Bridge, etc.

Slide 3**

Pontypool -- General View

Slide 4**

Crumlin Village and Viaduct

Slide 5

Caerphilly Castle

Slide 6

Cardiff -- St Mary's Street

Slide 7**

Cardiff -- the Castle Keep

Slide 8

Llandaff Cathedral

Slide 9

Cardiff Docks

Slide 10

Penarth Esplanade

Slide 11

Penarth from the Cliffs

Slide 12

Castle Coch -- Vale of Taff

Slide 13

Pontypridd from the Hills

Slide 14**

Pontypridd -- the Old Bridge

Slide 15

Merthyr Tydfil from the South

Slide 16**

Merthyr Tydfil (looking West)

Slide 17

Cyfartha Iron Works

Slide 18

Brecon from Church Tower

Slide 19**

Brecon Castle

Slide 20

Neath Abbey -- General view

Slide 21

Neath Abbey -- the River Front

Slide 22

Swansea -- View across the Town

Slide 23**

Swansea -- the Vale of Tawe

Slide 24**

Swansea -- the Mining District

Slide 25**

Oystermouth -- General View

Slide 26**

Oystermouth Castle

Slide 27

Mumbles, from the Railway

Slide 28

Mumbles -- View on the Shore

Slide 29

Bracelet Bay and Mumbles Head

Slide 30**

Llanstephan Castle

Slide 31**

Carmarthen -- Riverside View

Slide 32

Carmarthen from the Hills

Slide 33

Tenby -- Old Arched Bastion

Slide 34

Tenby and the Castle Hill

Slide 35

Tenby -- St Catherine's Rock

Slide 36

Tenby from St Katherine's Rock

Slide 37

Tenby and the South Sands

Slide 38

Tenby -- North Cliffs and Gasker Rock

Slide 39**

Lydstep Rocks and Cliffs, near Tenby

Slide 40**

Manorbier Castle

Slide 41

Pembroke and the Castle

Slide 42

Pembroke Castle from the Bridge

Slide 43

Milford Haven

Slide 44

Aberystwyth from Pendinas Hill

Slide 45

Aberystwyth Beach from Esplanade

Slide 46

Aberystwyth -- Children on the Shore

Slide 47

Aberystwyth -- University College, Pier, etc.

Slide 48**

Aberystwyth from Constitutional Hill

Slide 49

Aberystwyth Castle Ruins

Slide 50

Nigger Entertainment in Castle Grounds

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

Wrench & Son, England

Other related organisations

in stock of Watson & Sons, 1896

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1908-1914 (item ref. 1568)

in stock of Josiah T. Chapman, 1909-1912 (item ref. 74)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 47)

in stock of Ivens & Co., 1913

Main type of image

photograph

Main usage of set

lecture

Date of first manufacture

unknown (latest possible 1895)

Reading or song

South Wales (London: Wrench & Son, 1895)

Related slide set

see generic title South Wales (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)

Collections

50 slides known to exist in private collection

1 slide in The Hive, Worcester

16 slides in Manchester Geographical Society Collection

16 slides in Manchester Museum Collection

1 slide in A.H. Whinfield Collection

Subject keywords

Wales
Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
science – geography

Lucerna ID 3000369

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 29 April 2024

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