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Slide set: Jane Conquest (recitation: Alfred Pumphrey, 11 slides, in/before 1888)

Known references to this set
List of popular lantern photographs (Birmingham: Alfred Pumphrey, n.d.), 7
1891
Complete catalogue of lantern slides, dissolving views, magic lanterns etc. (London: UK Band of Hope Union, 1891), F [2]

“The thrilling story of a sailor's wife who leaves her dying child to give warning to the villagers of a burning wreck. The crew are saved, and the child recovers”

Other reference
1888
Walter D. Welford and Henry Sturmey (compilers), The 'indispensable handbook' to the optical lantern: a complete cyclopaedia on the subject of optical lanterns, slides, and accessory apparatus (London: Iliffe & Son, 1888), 292

“Originally from the Methodist Family Budget and by Dr. Croft, but now known everywhere as a lantern set. Relates how she rang the bell and saved the crew of a ship.”

Lucerna ID  3005400

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 9 March 2024

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