Mail Steamer
Slide 11 of The life and duties of the citizen (lecture: Riley Brothers, 120 slides, 1899)
– alternative version of this slide
Private collection – reproduced by permission.
Digital image copyright © 2021 Trevor Beattie.
(all dimensions are nominal; individual examples of this slide may have varied slightly from these values).
same image as slide 43 of What'll win?: or gambling on the racecourse and off it (lecture: Riley Brothers, 60 slides, 1909)
The ship seen in the illustrated slide is the RMS Lusitania (identified from another use of the same image) but since that was launched in 1906 the slide must have replaced an earlier alternative version showing a different ship.
Example in private collection
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 23 November 2021
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