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Box of Set of Lantern Slides of Our Life-Boat Men in, by Primus, c. 1920

Inventory Number 92319


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.92319

Item type
Object
Makers
Primus
Physical material
Glass
Paper
Cardboard
Object type
Lantern slide
Dimensions
Height: 195mm Width: 130mm Depth: 24mm Weight: 470g
Inventory No
92319
Accession Number
1994-18

Description

Seven slides of this set of eight, as no. 4 belongs to another set. The images include a life-boat men in full uniform set against a red, white and blue sky, a life-boat man cradling a young girl on beach after a rescue, with a troubled ship and other rescued people in the background, a life-boat on a wheeled cart on a beach with a crowd of spectators, a life-boat approaching a sinking ship and a close-up of two life life-boat men rowing while another steers the boat. In reasonable condition for a transfer image set as there are only slight signs of "cooking". Contained in a cardboard "Crown Bond" box with a lift-off lid.