Slide set: In the snowdrift (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 19 slides, 1896)

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Slide 1**

'George, have you heard the motto teacher gave us last night?'

Slide 2**

'But I must be off,' said Tommy, lifting up a bundle of trousers

Slide 3**

The mother was the only bread-winner of the family

Slide 4**

Tommy wended his way through the fog and snow

Slide 5**

The poor mother trembled as the storm of abuse fell upon her

Slide 6

'Father, I can't steal,' he said, steadfastly

Slide 7**

The father struck the child with his clenched fist

Slide 8

Slide 9**

Tommy sank down in the shelter of an archway

Slide 10

Slide 11

A policeman came across the little form and tried to rouse the child

Slide 12**

John Bristow roused from his stupor, miserable and despairing

Slide 13**

He stood by the little bed in the hospital

Slide 14**

The father signed the pledge while Tom lay on the bed in the hospital

Slide 15**

'Remember, Bristow, He only can keep you from falling'

Slide 16**

Around a cosy cottage fire gathers a quiet happy little party

Slide 17**

Slide 18**

Bristow's heart echoes the earnest words of the preacher

Slide 19**

'Wife,' said John, 'it was a different sort of Christmas for us last year'

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of W.C. Hughes, dates unknown

in stock of William C. Muir, dates unknown

in stock of Scottish Sunday School Union, dates unknown

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1896-1914 (item ref. 911)

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913

in stock of Church Army, 1913 (item ref. LM 8)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

service of song

Date of first manufacture

1896

Reading or song

M.S. Haycraft and Miss Spicer (arr. Joseph Newsome), In the snowdrift (Morley, Yorkshire: J. Newsome, n.d.)

Events where this set was shown

[Magic lantern service] (lantern service, Maryport, Cumberland, England, 1910)

Collections

15 slides known to exist in private collection

19 slides in Museu del Cinema – Col·lecció Tomàs Mallol

Lucerna ID 3002192

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 9 May 2024

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Slide set: In the snowdrift (service of song: Bamforth & Co., 19 slides, 1896)