Slide set: Come home, mother (story: W. Rider & Co., 22 slides, in/before 1896)

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Slide 1

Slide 2

Dad came in, the little fellow was raised to the post of honour

Slide 3

It is painful to tell how Mrs Morton sank step by step

Slide 4

Poor little Lucy was too much of a child to understand

Slide 5

Lucy watched him intently as she swayed the baby to and fro

Slide 6

What strange words; they made Lucy tremble

Slide 7

no image available

Slide 8

There stood her mother leaning her back against the counter

Slide 9

Slide 10

She continued clinging to her mother, and cried with streaming tears

Slide 11

'She won't come home,' said Lucy, sorrowfully

Slide 12

Slide 13

'Unloose my arm, father,' she said tremblingly

Slide 14

no image available

Slide 15

Mrs Morton roused herself, got up from the floor

Slide 16

Her mother found her there in an utterly helpless condition

Slide 17

'No, but you are not at home,' cried Lucy

Slide 18

While the child slept she sat by her and wept

Slide 19

'It is too late to be sorry now,' she groaned within herself

Slide 20

At midnight Mrs Morton heard a voice call 'Mother'

Slide 21

She sat down by the bedside and covered her face

Slide 22

no image available

Number of slides

Manufacturer

W. Rider & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of E.G. Wood, dates unknown

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1896-1914 (item ref. 907)

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 492)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 814)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

story

Date of first manufacture

unknown (latest possible 1896)

Reading or song

Nelsie Brook, Come home, mother! (London: S.W. Partridge & Co., 1865)

Related slide set

see generic title Come home, mother (generic set title – 3 different versions are known)

People appearing in slides

UNIDENTIFIED LIFE MODEL 01 (fl. 1890s-1900s) – slides 8-10

Notes

The slide listing is taken from the Lizars catalogue; the titles on the slides themselves may have been slightly different.

Collections

19 slides known to exist in private collection

21 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keywords

social issues – alcohol / temperance
children / family
social issues – poverty

Lucerna ID 3001177

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 30 May 2023

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Slide set: Come home, mother (story: W. Rider & Co., 22 slides, in/before 1896)