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Slide set: An adventure with a bicycle (story: Bamforth & Co., 12 slides, 1893)

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Slide 1

Brown, walking out with Mrs. B., notices how nicely some cyclists get over the ground

Slide 2**

Next day he resolves to have a bicycle himself

Slide 3**

He trots out his new machine on a lonely road

Slide 4**

After running some time beside the machine he makes a leap

Slide 5**

Slide 6**

He takes a rest and rubs his aching limbs

Slide 7**

Slide 8**

Slide 9**

After many ugly falls he at length succeeds and parades before his wife

Slide 10**

Mrs. B. applauds as he passes her in splendid style

Slide 11**

He had only just passed his wife when a stone on the road tripped up the machine

Slide 12**

Not being quite killed he has still plenty of time to reflect

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Alternative title

Adventures of a cyclist

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1893-1914 (item ref. 647)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 176)

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

story

Date of first manufacture

1893

Reading or song

Robert Craven, ‘An adventure with a bicycle’ in Short lantern readings 16 (1893)

Notes

The J.W. Butcher catalogue uses the title Adventures of a cyclist, and this title appears on labels on the illustrated examples of the slides, but the Bamforth catalogue and their reading use An adventure with a bicycle.

Collections

11 slides known to exist in private collection

12 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keywords

sport – cycling
comedy / humour

Lucerna ID 3000960

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 May 2024

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Slide set: An adventure with a bicycle (story: Bamforth & Co., 12 slides, 1893)