Slide set: A peep behind the scenes (story: Bamforth & Co., 36 slides, 1880s)

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Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

Introduction

Slide 2

The door was opened and a little girl stood before the man

Slide 3

She seized the picture eagerly and held it before her with evident delight

Slide 4

And when she tried to comfort her, her mother only wept the more

Slide 5**

'Do you hear me?' said her father, 'stop crying, at once'

Slide 6**

The poor woman raised herself in bed and arranged her little girl's curly tresses

Slide 7

After this, the play commenced

Slide 8

She fell asleep, her weary head resting on her mother's pillow

Slide 9

Rosalie was glad to leave the town

Slide 10

There was a little cottage near where the caravan was drawn up

Slide 11

Hymn, 'Jesus, I Thy face am seeking'

Slide 12

'Rosalie,' said her mother, 'would you like to hear, &c.'

Slide 13

'Glad to see you so much better, madam'

Slide 14

She could see inside the church

Slide 15

And Rosalie read aloud

Slide 16

It was a very pale, sorrowful face, which the looking glass reflected

Slide 17

'I'm not going to lose a pretty child, like her, from the stage'

Slide 18

A great pine forest stretched on one side

Slide 19

'You mustn't cry for me, darling,' said her mother

Slide 20

Her father lifted her from the bed

Slide 21

She opened the locket and looked at the sweet girlish face inside

Slide 22

Opening her eyes, she saw a girl standing by her bedside

Slide 23

And Rosalie began to read to Betsey Ann

Slide 24

She often found her father in close conversation with the lady

Slide 25

And then she dropped on her knees and prayed earnestly

Slide 26

'Rosalie,' said her stepmother, 'I intend that you shall make yourself useful'

Slide 27

'Into the workhouse you go, to-morrow'

Slide 28

They knelt down together on the attic floor

Slide 29

And seeing a woman stood at the porch, she asked the way to Pendleton

Slide 30

And Rosalie warmed her hands and told the caravan people how thankful she was for the help on the way

Slide 31

With a trembling hand she opened the little iron gate

Slide 32

Rosalie was too full of feeling for any words

Slide 33

Rosalie sat on a stool at her aunt's feet

Slide 34**

May and Rosalie were the best of friends at once

Slide 35

Betsey Ann looked an entirely different girl

Slide 36**

She met the same old man who gave her the picture

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

1

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

image content: Text – slide set title | Vehicle – caravan

2

The door was opened and a little girl stood before the man

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

image content: Vehicle – caravan

3

She seized the picture eagerly and held it before her with evident delight

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

4

And when she tried to comfort her, her mother only wept the more

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

5

'Do you hear me?' said her father, 'stop crying, at once'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

6

The poor woman raised herself in bed and arranged her little girl's curly tresses

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

7

After this, the play commenced

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

8

She fell asleep, her weary head resting on her mother's pillow

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

9

Rosalie was glad to leave the town

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

image content: Vehicle – caravan

10

There was a little cottage near where the caravan was drawn up

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

image content: BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

11

Hymn, 'Jesus, I Thy face am seeking'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Text

Photography

N/A

12

'Rosalie,' said her mother, 'would you like to hear, &c.'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

13

'Glad to see you so much better, madam'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

14

She could see inside the church

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

15

And Rosalie read aloud

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

16

It was a very pale, sorrowful face, which the looking glass reflected

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

17

'I'm not going to lose a pretty child, like her, from the stage'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

18

A great pine forest stretched on one side

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Drawing / painting / print

Photography

N/A

image content: Vehicle – caravan | Natural feature – forest/woodland

19

'You mustn't cry for me, darling,' said her mother

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

20

Her father lifted her from the bed

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911) | BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894) | Vehicle – caravan

21

She opened the locket and looked at the sweet girlish face inside

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

22

Opening her eyes, she saw a girl standing by her bedside

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

23

And Rosalie began to read to Betsey Ann

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

24

She often found her father in close conversation with the lady

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911)

25

And then she dropped on her knees and prayed earnestly

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

26

'Rosalie,' said her stepmother, 'I intend that you shall make yourself useful'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, James (1842-1911)

27

'Into the workhouse you go, to-morrow'

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

28

They knelt down together on the attic floor

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

29

And seeing a woman stood at the porch, she asked the way to Pendleton

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

30

And Rosalie warmed her hands and told the caravan people how thankful she was for the help on the way

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: Vehicle – caravan

31

With a trembling hand she opened the little iron gate

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

32

Rosalie was too full of feeling for any words

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894)

33

Rosalie sat on a stool at her aunt's feet

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

image content: BAMFORTH, Mrs Martha (1843-1894)

34

May and Rosalie were the best of friends at once

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

35

Betsey Ann looked an entirely different girl

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Studio set

36

She met the same old man who gave her the picture

Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square

Life model

Photography

Exterior location

Lucerna ID 3000420

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 28 April 2024

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