Slide set: The old maid and the sailors (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 6 slides, 1890)

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Slide 1

Miss Prim was a lady of two score and ten, who had a most violent horror of men

Slide 2

It happened that just as these fellows they pass, the ball slipped away and then fell on the grass

Slide 3

The youngster, his hand slipped away from his aunt's, and after his ball in a moment he pants

Slide 4

Then one of the sailors rose up from his seat, intending to give his companion a treat

Slide 5

And so he continued to trot by her side, his comrade meanwhile scarce his laughter could hide

Slide 6

Or whether he gave hers a squeeze I can't tell, she presently set up a terrible yell

Catalogue entries (4)

1891

Complete catalogue of lantern slides, dissolving views, magic lanterns etc. (London: UK Band of Hope Union, 1891), C 50

1898

Illustrated catalogue of magic, optical and dissolving view lanterns, lime-light apparatus and slides: season 1898-99 (London: Wrench & Son, 1898), 505

1905

Catalogue of optical lantern slides (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1905), 66

1910

A detailed catalogue of photographic lantern slides, life models &c. (Holmfirth: Bamforth & Co., 1910), 45

Lucerna ID 3000648

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 14 May 2024

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Slide set: The old maid and the sailors (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 6 slides, 1890)