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Countries, places, and people. Part 1. |
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The land of the pigtail: or Chinese life. A set of twelve square (8.3 x 8.3 cm) magic lantern slides made by Theobald & Co., England. |
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| 1. Peking. | 2. A visit of State. | 3. Chinese Policeman with Prisoners. |
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| 4. One form of Chinese punishment. | 5. Another form of Chinese punishment. | 6. Opium Smoking. |
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| 7. Chinese Parcel Delivery. | 8. Chinese Merchants. | 9. Chinese Ladies Travelling. |
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| 10. A Chinese Cemetery. | 11. Chinese Theatres. | 12. A Chinese Mandarin of High Rank. |
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Picturesque Ireland. A set of twelve square (8.3 x 8.3 cm) magic lantern slides made by Theobald & Co., England. Each slide has the title at the bottom of the image. |
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Life in Africa. A set of twelve square (8.3 x 8.3 cm) magic lantern slides made by Theobald & Co., England. |
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| 1. Shooting the Rapids. | 2. An Encampment. | 3. A Monkey Grove. |
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| 4. Canoes attacked by Hippopotamus. | 5. Carrying Tusks of Ivory. | 6. The Slave Market. |
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| 7. Wild Africa Warfare. | 8. Caravan in the Dessert. | 9. An Armed Contingent. |
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| 10. African Canoe Warfare. | 11. An Explorer's Party on the March. | 12. African Royalty. |
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Continental views. A set of twelve square (8.3 x 8.3 cm) magic lantern slides made by Theobald & Co., England. The same set was probably also published by J. Barnard & Son, England. |
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| 1. Rome. | 2. Naples. | 3. Venice. | 4. Madrid. |
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| 5. Cadiz. | 6. Grenada. | 7. Isola Bella. | 8. Tivoli. |
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| 9. Valentia. | 10. Barcelona. | 11. Sicily. | 12. Xeres, or Jeres de la Frontera. |
 Seven hand-painted magic lantern slides in a wooden frame from a much larger set. The hand-written captions are quite difficult to read; the box they came in simply said 'Uganda' on the lid. |
Uganda. The slides measure 6.5 x 4.2 inches; the manufacturer is Newton & Co, London. |
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Tabernacle in the Wilderness. Probably made by York & Son. According to the catalogues' the set contains of 15 slides, but this series has 16 slides.
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| 1. The encampment by day, overshadowed by a pillar of cloud. | ||
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| 2. Tabernacle and court. | 3. High Priest transferring the nation's guilt to the daily burnt offering. | 4. Laver; High Priest receiving absolution. |
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| 5. Holy Place. | 6. Incense altar; touching the horn with the nation's sin offering. | 7. The outer court of Holocausts. |
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| 8. First chamber of the tabernacle. | 9. The High Priest enters the Holy of Holies. | 10. The High Priest's dress. |
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| 11. Poor family transferring their sin. | 12. High Priest transferring his sin. | 13. Elders transferring the nation's sin. |
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| 14. Great Day of Atonement. | 15. Altar of burnt offering. | Slide # 16. |
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A large format disc shaped magic lantern slide containing six images of distant countries made by Max Dannhorn, Germany. Diameter 15 cm. The Dannhorn trade mark shows the initials M.D., a fir tree, and a horn. England: lighthouse in the storm Arabian: the toilet of the horses Italian: peasant woman near the castle Egypt: camel in front of the pyramids Sweden: winter scenery, church covered with snow. Swisserland: small boat on the lake |
| Another disc shaped magic lantern slide made by Max Dannhorn. Diameter 10.5 cm. | |
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| More distant countries.... | ||
 
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