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Slide set: The Frolie Grasshopper Circus (advertising: manufacturer unknown, at least 6 slides, in/after 1894)

Set details  Slide listing  
Individual slides contained in this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1
Introduction -- Frolie Grasshopper Circus
Slide 2
This little trick we give you here to show / A right good thing which everyone should know
Slide 3
Don't be afraid! His playfulness denotes / That, fed on grain, he sometimes feels his oats
Slide 4
This act is harder than the first by far / This noted 'hopper is our leading star
Slide 5
Now thro' the hoop he jumps with perfect ease / Life 'Quaker Oats' he never fails to please
Slide 6
To walk a rope and keep a level head / Needs only care and 'Quaker Oats' 'tis said
[7]


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Image type
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1
Introduction -- Frolie Grasshopper Circus
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Text – slide title | Text – advertising | Human figure – clown
2
This little trick we give you here to show / A right good thing which everyone should know
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Text – slide title | Text – advertising | Human figure – clown
3
Don't be afraid! His playfulness denotes / That, fed on grain, he sometimes feels his oats
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Insect – grasshopper | Text – slide title | Text – advertising | Human figure – clown
4
This act is harder than the first by far / This noted 'hopper is our leading star
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Insect – grasshopper | Text – slide title | Text – advertising | Human figure – clown
5
Now thro' the hoop he jumps with perfect ease / Life 'Quaker Oats' he never fails to please
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Insect – grasshopper | Text – slide title | Text – advertising | Human figure – clown
6
To walk a rope and keep a level head / Needs only care and 'Quaker Oats' 'tis said
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
N/A
image content: Human figure – man | Insect – grasshopper | Text – slide title | Text – advertising | Human figure – clown
[7]
This to you, my friends, plainly denotes, Young and Old love 'Quaker Oats'
Standard glass slide:
3¼ inches (83mm) square
Drawing / painting / print
Photography
Unknown
Lucerna ID  3010487

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 9 July 2019

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