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Slide set: Old Mother Hubbard and her dog (recitation: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1897)

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)
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Slide 1
Title Slide and Picture
Slide 2
Old Mother Hubbard / Went to the cupboard, / To get her poor dog a bone; / But when she came there, / The cupboard was bare, / And so the poor Dog had none
Slide 3
She went to the baker's  / To buy him some bread, / But when she came back / The poor Dog looked dead
Slide 4
She went to the joiner's / To buy him a coffin, / But when she came back / The poor dog was laughing
Slide 5
She took a clean dish, / To get him some tripe, / But when she came back / He was smoking a pipe
Slide 6
She went to the fruiterer's / To buy him some fruit, / But when she came back / He was playing the flute
Slide 7
She went to the tailor's / To buy him a coat, / But when she came back / He was riding a goat
Slide 8
She went to the hatter's / To buy him a hat, / But when she came back / He was feeding the cat
Slide 9
She went to the hosier's / To buy him some hose, / But when she came back / He was dressed in his clothes
Slide 10
She went to the cobbler's / To buy him some shoes, / But when she came back / He was reading the news
Slide 11
This wonderful Dog / Was Dame Hubbard's delight; / He could sing, he could dance, / He could read, he could write
Slide 12
The Dame made a curtsey, / The Dog made a bow; / The Dame said 'Your servant;' / The Dog said 'Bow-wow!'
Other related organisations

in stock of James Lancaster & Son, 1897

in stock of George Houghton & Son, 1903 (item ref. 764)

in stock of Houghton's Ltd, 1905 (item ref. 28)

Main type of image
drawing / painting / print
Main usage of set
recitation
Date of first manufacture
unknown  (latest possible 1897)
Reading or song

‘Mother Hubbard’ in Readings in prose and verse

Related slide sets

possibly same as Old Mother Hubbard (recitation: manufacturer unknown, 12 slides, n.d.)

see generic title Old Mother Hubbard (generic set title – 9 different versions are known)

Notes
The slide titles are taken from the reading; the slides themselves carry no titles.
Lucerna ID  3005041

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 16 July 2014

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