Magic lantern - A visit to circus 'Luikerwalo' Before the Pause.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!
A VISIT TO CIRCUS 'LUIKERWALO'
After the pause.......


One of the acrobats comes a cropper. The audience shouts and roars. Is it real or is it a joke? We'll never know. The clowns come in playing leap-frog and make some animals jump through a hoop. The show must go on! Tataratatatatada tada tatatataratatata tada...... Slide series made in Germany by Johan Falk.

Charming Miss Blondini performs feats of balancing on a tightrope. People hold their breath. This mechanical slide is hand painted in great detail with original maker's stamp from A. D. Handy 17 Bromfield St., Boston. C. 1875. Size: 7" x 4" (18 x 10 cm).

Our famous acrobat Mr. Leo Tardt is risking his neck while jumping, tumbling, and balancing on the flying trapeze. A superb mechanical magic lantern slide from c. 1880 with three hand-painted glasses. The frame is made of mahogany and the glass slides are set within a large brass ring. The crank is made of brass and wood. When the crank is rotated the acrobat shows his stunts.

And then his son Ricardo has to perform his tricks. This outstanding wood frame mechanical magic lantern slide measures approx. 4 1/4" x 1 7/8" (11 x 5 cm) overall with the central glass slide area being approx. 1 1/4" (3 cm) in diameter. When the handle is turned a trapeze performer rotates on a swing. This smaller size mechanical slide was produced for a children’s toy magic lantern and is very similar to those slides pictured in Bing Toy Catalogs from around the turn of the century.


Equestrians riding wild horses, clowns making us laugh, horse dressage that compels admiration. That is Circus! Oblong glass magic lantern slide made by Ernst Plank (E.P.)
Today our elephant Jumbo is in a bad mood. In stead of obeying his attendant he picks up the poor man in his trunk and swings him in the air far above his head.	Single slipping slide made by Cox, 26 Ludgade Hill, London. The frame measures 7 x 4 inches.
	Chinese acrobats. Whoops-a-daisy! Slipping slide in a wooden frame made by Carpenter & Westley, London.

Can you beat that? Mahogany framed slipping slide. The frame is stamped with the name of the maker H. Lewis Dissolving View Artist 35 Broad Street Reading. It measures 7 x 4.5 inches (17.5 x 11.5 cm).