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Slide set: The land of gold (recitation: Bamforth & Co., 16 slides, 1890)

Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)
Show
Slide 1**
'Out-door relief? O nonsense! -- besides its against the rules'
Slide 2**
The children clung to their mother, the tears coursed down their cheeks
Slide 3**
The mother lay in the workhouse, racked with the hunger pain
Slide 4**
(Effect) And looked down the country garden, where the roses were in bloom
Slide 5**
(Effect) A wife sat alone -- deserted -- left with her babes to brave
Slide 6**
But the neighbours had traced the children to the busy riverside
Slide 7**
They were found by the men next morning, when the vessel was out at sea
Slide 8**
And showed them a hundred marvels they had never seen before
Slide 9**
He told the children's story to the men who were in the place
Slide 10**
The captain took the miner, and showed him the girl and boy
Slide 11**
Then he touched the children's foreheads with a hot and trembling lip
Slide 12**
A white-faced convalescent sat in the workhouse yard
Slide 13**
(Effect) She dreamed that the children ran towards her
Slide 14**
'Look what we've brought you, mother! We've been to the Land of Gold'
Slide 15**
As father and mother and children went out of the workhouse gate
Slide 16**
The dear old home and the garden, just as they used to be
** 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
3
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
4
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Exterior location
5
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
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
image content: Human figure – mine worker
11
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
12
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
13
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
14
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
15
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Studio set
16
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Life model
Photography
Exterior location
Lucerna ID  3000610

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

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