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Slides depicting children.
This lantern slide is one of a beautiful set, produced by Gebrüder Bing, Nürnberg (G.B.N. Bavaria) Germany. Decalcomania, c. 1895.

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Hand coloured 3 1/4 "x 4" (8 x 10 cm) lantern slide titled 'Little Brother'. Signed and dated at lower corner; looks like 'Meger von Bremer 1851'.
 

 
Lovely slide of a young girl holding an apple. Fitted in an oak frame measuring 7" x 4 " (18 x 10 cm).
 
First love at the water pump. Romantic Victorian lantern slide late 1890's. Taken from a series entitled 'Selected pictures' and labelled 'First, give me a kiss'. 7" x 4" (18 x 10 cm).


Glass strip, measuring 11 x 3.5 inches depicting some picturesque children's scenes, probably made by E.P.

Mother is taking a nap while the older children amuse their little sister. Hand coloured slide, set in a mahogany frame measuring 18 cm x 10 cm.
 

 
 
These two British glass magic lantern projection slides measure c. 7 by 4 inches. They were made by Carpenter and Westley, London, one of the the finest manufacturers of mahogany framed magic lantern slides, and they are beautifully hand painted. Name and address of the manufacturer are pressed into the wood. The slides probably date from the mid to late 19th century.
 
Romantic Victorian glass slide circa late 1890's. Taken from a series entitled 'Selected pictures'. It is labelled "Gathering Ferns" and set in a mahogany frame that measures: 7in. x 4in. (left)

Who's been at the sugar? Corporal punishment for a youthful thief. (right)


Glass strip, showing six children's portraits. Manufacturer unknown.
 




More children's portraits on a decalcomania, made by Johann Falk (J.F.), Germany c. 1910.



Coloured slide of a very sweet Victorian scene. It has a mahogany frame that measures 7" x 4". The glass image is 3" diameter. It shows a grandmotherly woman teaching knitting to a pretty young girl....

....while her naughty brother tried to pinch some apples in the neighbour's orchard (right). Mechanical, pivoted, single lever slide.


 

  
Magic lantern slide featuring a lovely scene from the series 'Woodmen of the World' titled 'Youth & Old Age'. Measures 3 1/4 by 4 inches.
 
A sunny Sunday afternoon. People smartly dressed. Children walking neatly in the park The pram is pushed by the nanny. The most exciting activity is catching butterflies in a net.
   
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