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Slide set: Dover to Calais: mechanical panorama (effect: manufacturer unknown, 1 slide, in/before 1894)

Known references to this set
Hire list of lanterns and lantern slides: season 1894-5 (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1894), 13

“Mechanical Panorama -- Ships in full sail -- Changing from day to night -- Passing Ships (very effective)”

1905
Catalogue of optical lantern slides (Bradford: Riley Brothers, 1905), 309

“Dover Pier with steamer at anchor -- Cliffs of Dover disappear -- Ships passing -- Night -- Moon appears -- In Mid-Channel -- Shores of France appear -- Calais Landing Stage with Pier Lights -- Vessel draws up -- At Anchor. A most natural and beautiful effect.”

1906
Lantern slides, exhibitions and entertainments, lanterns, apparatus, etc. etc.: hire list, season 1906-7 (Newcastle upon Tyne: North of England Temperance League, 1906), 9

“Long Slide, showing views of Dover by night -- Moonlight in the Channel -- Arriving at Calais. (One Slide)”

Lucerna ID  3011135

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 19 April 2024

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