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Slide set: The little hero: new series (song: Bamforth & Co., 7 slides, 1896)

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1**
From Liverpool across the Atlantic, the good ship floating o'er the deep
Slide 2**
One day he comes up from below deck, a-grasping a lad by the arm
Slide 3**
An' the mate asks the boy pretty roughly how he dared for to be stowed away
Slide 4**
'An',' says he, in a voice clear and pretty, 'My stepfather brought me aboard'
Slide 5**
Then the mate pulled his watch from his pocket, just as if he'd been drawing his knife
Slide 6**
An' the little chap kneels on the deck there, an' his hands he clasps o'er his breast
Slide 7**
Off his feet was the lad suddenly lifted, and clasped to the mate's rugged breast
** there are alternative versions or views of this slide
Other related organisations

in stock of Wrench & Son, 1898

in stock of North of England Temperance League, 1906 (item ref. 76)

Main type of image
life model
Main usage of set
song
Date of first manufacture
1896
Reading or song

Arthur Matthison and ‘Stephen Adams’, ‘The little hero’ (London: Boosey & Co., 1881)

Related slide set

reissue of The little hero (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 7 slides, 1892)

Collections

2 slides known to exist in private collection

7 slides known to exist in private collection

6 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID  3002635

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 3 May 2024

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