Slide set: A friend in need (recitation: W. Rider & Co., 29 slides, 1894)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

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Slide 2

Slide 3

He starts! 'Tis empty! 'Mother dear,' he cries

Slide 4

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Slide 5**

He flies downstairs to a small room below

Slide 6

Then to his mother's side he brings a cup

Slide 7

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Slide 8

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Slide 9

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Slide 10

Then, with a murmured prayer, she closed her eyes

Slide 11

And now, too soon, the rent collector came

Slide 12

Slide 13

Poor Teddy found himself in the wide world alone

Slide 14**

Slide 15

To the far heaven he raised his eyes so blue

Slide 16

And next, in God's own house he found a bed

Slide 17

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Slide 18

Next at a fragrant coffee stall they stopped

Slide 19**

'I'll hear your story, see what can be done'

Slide 20

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Slide 21

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Slide 22

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Slide 23

So, through the winter, on worked little Ted

Slide 24**

Slide 25

He raised the lad on his kind stalwart arm

Slide 26

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Slide 27

The gentleman was there, who had been kind

Slide 28

'Good bye, dear Bill, we soon shall meet again'

Slide 29

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** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

Manufacturer

W. Rider & Co., England

Other related organisations

in stock of William C. Muir, dates unknown

in stock of Chatham Pexton, 1894

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of Peter Feathers, 1901

in stock of J. Lizars, 1909 (item ref. 482)

in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 506)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

recitation

Date of first manufacture

1894

Person linked to this set

model: UNIDENTIFIED LIFE MODEL 01 (fl. 1890s-1900s) – slides 11,12, as the rent collector; 18,19, as the coffee stall keeper

Reading or song

‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’ in A terrible Christmas Eve [etc.] (1894)

Notes

A poster in slides 18/19 advertises a G.R. Sims story that appeared in Ludgate Magazine in September 1894.

Collections

7 slides known to exist in private collection

15 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keywords

children / family
social issues – poverty
religion

Lucerna ID 3006464

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 5 May 2024

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Slide set: A friend in need (recitation: W. Rider & Co., 29 slides, 1894)