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Slide set: Nellie's prayer (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 13 slides, 1890)

Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)
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Slide 1**
Stooped down, with her eyelids streaming, and kissed her and turned away
Slide 2**
That a soldier for Queen and country had bravely given his life
Slide 2a**
(effect) He had thought of his absent dear ones with the film of death on his eyes
Slide 3**
Then they counted the dead and wounded, and found him among the slain
Slide 4**
I had thought of him night and morning; I had passed long nights on my knees
Slide 4a**
(effect) It all came back like a vision; I could hear the band as it played
Slide 5**
He held her up at the station, lifted her up to kiss
Slide 6**
And so I had taken courage, and looked on the bright side first
Slide 7**
Till the truth came on me fiercely, and I thought that my heart would break
Slide 8**
'Why are you crying, mammy?' I only shook my head
Slide 9**
Prayed that, with her father lying in that far-off country dead!
Slide 10**
Up to her room, and I heard her kneeling beside her bed
Slide 11**
I gave one cry and I fainted, and Nell ran down at the cry
** there are alternative versions or views of this slide
Slide title
Format
Image type
Production
Background
1
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
2
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
2a
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
3
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
4
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
4a
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Photograph
Photography
Exterior location
5
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
image content: Building or structure (exterior) – railway station
6
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
7
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
8
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
9
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
10
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
11
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
Lucerna ID  3000605

Record created by Richard Crangle and Lydia Jakobs. Last updated 4 May 2024

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