Slide set: A railway story (comic: G.M. Mason, 9 slides, n.d.)

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Slide 1

Enter Mr Wheezle, very cold -- shuts the window

Slide 2

Enter Mr Wurzle, who has run to catch the train, very hot -- opens window

Slide 3

How dare you open the window without my permission -- says Mr Wheezle

Slide 4

Nobody but an idiot, says Mr Wurzle, would shut the window on such a day as this

Slide 5**

If you had asked me I should have been only too happy -- cold as it is -- to have obliged you -- but as it is (shuts window)

Slide 6**

If you had spoken to me as a gentleman, says Wurzle, I would have endured the stifling atmosphere -- but as it is (opens window)

Slide 7**

Slide 8**

Slide 9**

In the struggle the door opens, and both tumble out

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

Manufacturer

G.M. Mason, England

Main type of image

drawing / painting / print

Main usage of set

comic

Date of first manufacture

unknown

Source of slide images

The boy's own paper (1879-1967)

Related slide set

see generic title A railway story (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)

Collections

5 slides known to exist in private collection

9 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keyword

transport – railway

Lucerna ID 3003911

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 4 October 2024

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Slide set: A railway story (comic: G.M. Mason, 9 slides, n.d.)