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Slide set: Choosing the Christmas turkey (comic: Bamforth & Co., 7 slides, 1897)

Set details  Slide listing  References to this set  
Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)
Show
Slide 1
Intro. -- Motto Title
Slide 2
'Now John, remember the cookery book says, 'a young turkey has smooth legs and full eyes.' Be sure and get a young bird'
Slide 3
'You can't hocuss me,' said John to the dealer. 'I know a young turkey when I see it. The legs should be smooth, the eyes full'
Slide 4
'That's a nice looking turkey,' thought John, 'his eyes are full enough, and if his legs aren't rough.'
Slide 5
But his legs were rough; in fact, his wings and beak and every individual feather of him was rough
Slide 6
John left the pen rather hurriedly without having decided on any bird, and hastened home.
Slide 7
'Wherever have you been, John?' exclaimed his wife. 'Been? Why, choosing a turkey to be sure! Hang the cookery book, say I.' 'But John,' said his wife, 'the rules applied to dead poultry only.'
No.
Slide title
Format
Image type
Production
Background
1
Intro. -- Motto Title
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Clothing and accessories – hat | Clothing and accessories – umbrella | Text – slide set title | Bird – turkey | Building or structure (exterior) – farm building
2
'Now John, remember the cookery book says, 'a young turkey has smooth legs and full eyes.' Be sure and get a young bird'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
3
'You can't hocuss me,' said John to the dealer. 'I know a young turkey when I see it. The legs should be smooth, the eyes full'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Clothing and accessories – hat | Clothing and accessories – umbrella | Bird – turkey | Building or structure (exterior) – farm building
4
'That's a nice looking turkey,' thought John, 'his eyes are full enough, and if his legs aren't rough.'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Clothing and accessories – hat | Clothing and accessories – umbrella | Bird – turkey | Building or structure (exterior) – farm building
5
But his legs were rough; in fact, his wings and beak and every individual feather of him was rough
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Clothing and accessories – hat | Clothing and accessories – umbrella | Bird – turkey | Building or structure (exterior) – farm building
6
John left the pen rather hurriedly without having decided on any bird, and hastened home.
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Clothing and accessories – hat | Clothing and accessories – umbrella | Bird – turkey | Building or structure (exterior) – farm building
7
'Wherever have you been, John?' exclaimed his wife. 'Been? Why, choosing a turkey to be sure! Hang the cookery book, say I.' 'But John,' said his wife, 'the rules applied to dead poultry only.'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
Lucerna ID  3001284

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 17 May 2009

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