Lantern Slides Index – Museum of Everyday Life

Box D74: South East London Slides

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Slide showing an image of Edwardian crowds gathered around tents on Blackheath green — D74_002244

Slide showing a cobbled street with a corner pub and wall with Edwardian signage — D74_002245

Slide showing a square with Edwardian working-class figures in front of a large department store with sign reading 'the Scotch House' — D74_002246

Slide showing a square with crowds gathered, with the signage of Gardiner's Scotch House and the offices of the Greenwich and Deptford Observer — D74_002247

Slide showing the front of a small, single-storey neo-Gothic chapel wedged between two houses — D74_002248

Slide showing a simple chapel with plastered signage on front — D74_002249

Slide showing a cobbled street with a large church with tall, brick, contemporary bell-tower — D74_002250

Slide showing the graveyard path to the large neo-classic church with tall spire — D74_002251

Slide showing a simple two-storey chapel surrounded by simple brick housing — D74_002252

Slide showing a wooden hutted chapel with white cladding and a large brick bell-tower in the background — D74_002253

Slide showing a pony-drawn cart parked outside a brick pub, with a view of brick terraced housing down the street — D74_002254

Slide showing two children approaching a T-junction onto a high street, with signage for a 'Deptford Medical' store visible — D74_002255

Slide showing a procession of simple horse-drawn carriages carrying local children — D74_002256

Slide showing a chapel with rose window — D74_002257

Slide showing a map of the Deptford area — D74_002258

Slide showing a large two-storey cottage house with vegetable garden in front — D74_002259

Slide showing a tree-lined avenue with pub and beer garden — D74_002260

Slide showing a wide country avenue with horse drawn carriage — D74_002261

Slide showing a wooden shack in a work yard with archway and surrounding debris — D74_002262

Slide showing a large neo-gothic church with tall spire and rose windows — D74_002263

Slide showing a large neo-gothic chapel with spire-topped buttresses and arched portals — D74_002264

Slide showing large three-storey semi-detached houses with maintained gardens and a horse-drawn carriage — D74_002265

Slide showing a view of an undulating field over a picket fence — D74_002266

Slide showing a view across a pond with a house opposite — D74_002267

Slide showing Edwardian gentlemen fishing from the bank of a pond — D74_002268

Slide showing a number of horse-drawn carriages laden with hay, with a boy with football under a white wooden crossroad sign — D74_002269

Slide showing a line of shops with signage, labelled awnings and a butcher's stand — D74_002270

Slide showing a hay covered yard with a carriage in a shack — D74_002271

Slide showing a view of a simple English Gothic church across a stream — D74_002272

Slide showing a winding stream with snowy banks and trees on either side — D74_002273

Slide showing an English Gothic church with tall steeple — D74_002274

Slide showing an ornate college entrance with overhead statues with bell and clock-tower above — D74_002275

Slide showing a large hall with walls and columns adorned with Egyptian symbols and hieroglyphics and leonine statues — D74_002276

Slide showing two Pharaoh statues within a large, glass domed hall — D74_002277

Slide showing the entrance to a hall with walls and columns adorned with Egyptian imagery and hieroglyphics, with two Egyptian statues flanking either side of the entrance — D74_002278

Slide showing a glass domed hall with ornate columns and a fountain formed of statues of mermaids — D74_002279

Slide showing a hall filled with gothic-styled tombs and equestrian statues — D74_002280

Slide showing a classical nude statue of a man with a greyhound, with a wall of Egyptian imagery behind — D74_002281

Slide showing classical nude statues on a solid marble plinth — D74_002282

Slide showing a view of the north side of the Thames Embankment with Cleopatra's Needle visible along with hose-drawn traffic — D74_002283

Slide showing an English Gothic hall facade with external buttresses and arched windows — D74_007095

Box D30a: ‘Tour Through Cornwall’ Lantern Slides

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Slide showing two Cornish farmers weaving baskets from branches of wood in front of a thatched roof cottage — D30a_006990

Slide showing a wide road of terraced commercial buildings with raised pedestrian path and neo-classical hall, along with numerous horse-drawn carriages and Edwardian attired people. — D30a_006991

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Box D27: English Cathedrals Lantern Slides

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Slide showing a view of a typical English gothic church, slightly overgrown, with a woman in Edwardian dress entering — D27_007079

Slide showing the large, gothic cathedral of Canterbury with a tall, 4 spired bell tower — D27_007080

Slide showing the distant single spired tower of Chichester cathedral with a riverside path with Edwardian dressed children feeding swans — D27_007081

Slide showing the gothic cathedral of Norwich with large central arched window and single spired tower — D27_007082

Side showing the bell tower of Hereford cathedral as seen from across a river with numeroud rowing boats and crossed over by a stone, 5 piered medieval bridge — D27_007083

Slide showing the interior of Norwich cathedral showing the choir area with conducting pulpit, organ and ribbed vaulting above — D27_007084

Slide showing the two towered frontage of the gothic cathedral of Wells with butresses featuring alcoves containing statues — D27_007085

Slide showing the towering frontage of Peterborough cathedral with multiple high vaulted arched alcoves — D27_007086

Slide showing the baroque St Paul's cathedral as viewed over tiled rooftops and chimney stacks — D27_007087

Slide showing the frontage and single spired tower of the gothic Salisbury cathedral featuring alcoves of statued figures — D27_007088

Slide showing an aisle of Winchester cathedral with ribbed vaulted ceiling above — D27_007089

Slide showing the gothic cathedral of Lincoln featring many arched and intricate rose windows — D27_007090

Slide showing the gothic cathedral of Rochester as viewed across tiled rooftops with a view of industrial buildings, chimneys, and ships on a river behind — D27_007091

Slide showing the gothic Lichfield cathedral as viewed across a body of water and obscured by a line of trees — D27_007092

Slide showing the choir section of Lichfield cathedral with ribbed vaulted ceiling above — D27_007093

Slide showing the relatively simply decorated gothic cathedral of Southwell as viewed across a graveyard — D27_007094

Box D29.2: Congo Mission Slides #2

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Portrait of Reverend Weeks, with short hair and handlebar moustache — D29.2_006805_2

Mrs Weeks with local girls assembled outside the girls school — D29.2_006806_2

Portrait of Reverend Stonelake, short hair with short moustache — D29.2_006807_2

A local warrior with spear and long shield — D29.2_006808_2

A low-ceiling straw-roofed house with locals sat outside — D29.2_006809_2

A view of damaged village waterside houses 'after a fight with the state' — D29.2_006810_2

Locals assembling sugar cane under a tree for beer brewing — D29.2_006811_2

Locals brewing sugar cane beer using simple methods — D29.2_006812_2

Locals demonstrating a method of execution, with one person lying prostrate and another wielding a khopesh sword behind their neck — D29.2_006813_2

Locals with a canoe on a riverbank — D29.2_006814_2

Drawn portrait of a local man — D29.2_006815_2

Drawn portrait of a local man — D29.2_006816_2

View of fishing boats assembled on a riverbank — D29.2_006817_2

View of small houses and shed with locals assembled under — D29.2_006818_2

An assembled group of local warriors with spears and shields — D29.2_006819_2

View of a funeral dance — D29.2_006820_2

View of a funeral dance — D29.2_006821_2

A wide view of a wrestling match by a riverside, surrounded by a circle of locals — D29.2_006822_2

Locals assembled watching a female dancer with headdress — D29.2_006823_2

View of a female dancer decorated with white markings and headdress — D29.2_006824_2

A group of girls in dancing dress (white hats and scarfs) — D29.2_006825_2

A group of missionaries and local children assembled on the side of a mound — D29.2_006826_2

A mealtime treat for local schoolchildren, assembled on a riverside — D29.2_006827_2

Closeup of the facial scarification of a local man — D29.2_006828_2

View of a canoe heading down a wide river — D29.2_006829_2

View through a crude wooden fence — D29.2_006830_2

View or a lightning bolt striking distant ground across a wide river on a stormy night — D29.2_006831_2

A view over the low roofs to a village courtyard — D29.2_006832_2

Local men carving handles and blades for various knives — D29.2_006833_2

View of a palisade amongst the jungle — D29.2_006834_2

A small hut wall demonstrating local architectural decorative practices (including painting simple figures) — D29.2_006835_2

Wide view of the village of Ngombe, with huts and yards — D29.2_006836_2

View from atop a hill of a jungle landscape and wide river — D29.2_006837_2

A large anthill, possibly the height of a person — D29.2_006838_2

View of a fruit tree in a village yard — D29.2_006839_2

A paddle-steamer ship leaving with locals assembled on the riverbank — D29.2_006840_2

Long fishing canoes assembled on a riverbank — D29.2_006841_2

View of many long canoe fishing boats — D29.2_006842_2

Local weaving cloth — D29.2_006843_2

Locals assembled outside a single-storey house, an 'Arab divan' — D29.2_006844_2

Nets and canoes assembled on a steep riverbank — D29.2_006845_2

View of an array of huts in a village — D29.2_006846_2

Drawn portrait of a local man — D29.2_006847_2

Reverend White in a small hut — D29.2_006848_2

Missionaries and locals assembled outside a couple of huts — D29.2_006849_2

Local children and missionaries assembled under a school hut — D29.2_006850_2

View of white water rapids — D29.2_006851_2

A group of Arabs, missionaries and State officials assembled in front of a hut — D29.2_006852_2

View of wooden frames over a rocky river — D29.2_006853_2

Map of the Congo region — D29.2_006854_2

Box D29.1: Congo Mission Slides #1

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Group of people carrying hammock outside building — D29.1_006705

View of hill above a river valley — D29.1_006706

Hill by a river valley — D29.1_006707

Group of people in tent in jungle — D29.1_006708

Portrait of Three Missionaries — D29.1_006709

2 people sit on a hill in a jungle — D29.1_006710

Wooden bridge over a river — D29.1_006711

A market in an open field — D29.1_006712

Missionaries and a group of locals eating together — D29.1_006713

A river with boats and locals on either side — D29.1_006714

Wooden Missionary House — D29.1_006715

House with veranda — D29.1_006716

Wooden store houses — D29.1_006717

A grave made of a pile of stones — D29.1_006718

View of the entrance to a wooden bridge — D29.1_006719

Locals holding an ivory tusk with a Dutch trader — D29.1_006720

Large one-storey house with veranda — D29.1_006721

Portrait of Reverend Stephens, well dressed in suit with short hair and moustache — D29.1_006722

View of a wide river with a distant canoe boat in the middle — D29.1_006723

View of a brickfield — D29.1_006724

Brickmakers by a brick house — D29.1_006725

Drawn portrait of a local child — D29.1_006726

Drawn portrait of a local with scarification — D29.1_006727

Raised single-storey house with veranda — D29.1_006728

View of a paddle steamer boat — D29.1_006729

Mission house with veranda — D29.1_006730

Reverend and Mrs Harrison with local children — D29.1_006731

Reverend White with local boys — D29.1_006732

Two parallel canoes race each other — D29.1_006733

View of a paddle steamer ship — D29.1_006734

View of a paddle steamer ship — D29.1_006735

Wooden house in a village — D29.1_006736

Mr and Mrs Scrivener with local boys and girls — D29.1_006737

A local chief with his wives in a village courtyard — D29.1_006738

Portrait of Mr and Mrs Howell with servants — D29.1_006739

View of Mrs Howell's living room with rugs, religious messages on the wooden walls and a small piano — D29.1_006740

View of a double-decked steam paddle ship — D29.1_006741

A small dockyard boathouse with a rail leading to the water — D29.1_006742

View of the boundary of a mission house — D29.1_006743

An avenue of lilac trees — D29.1_006744

A small wooden shack with a chicken in front — D29.1_006745

Locals pictured through an overhead frame of passionfruit plants — D29.1_006746

A raised single-storey house on a hillside with veranda — D29.1_006747

Locals dancing in front of a straw-roofed house — D29.1_006748

A raised single-storey straw-roofed house — D29.1_006749

A raised single-storey straw-roofed house — D29.1_006750

View from a house's veranda of a palm tree and garden — D29.1_006751

View from a house's veranda of a palm tree and garden with houses and jungle trees in the distance — D29.1_006752

View from a house's veranda of adjacent houses — D29.1_006753

A group of local preachers — D29.1_006754

A group of locals gathered around a large crocodile which has been killed — D29.1_006755

View of a mission house behind a palm tree — D29.1_006756

View of an interior with wooden tables, maps of the Congo on the wall as well as a small piano — D29.1_006757

View of a 4-poster bed in a house interior — D29.1_006758

A 'household group' of locals and missionaries — D29.1_006759

A local child operating a Singer's sewing machine — D29.1_006760

A 'household group' of local children and missionaries — D29.1_006761

A baby infant with two local nurses — D29.1_006762

Reverend Clark with a group of local boys — D29.1_006763

A group of local children assembled outside a village schoolhouse — D29.1_006764

A coloured glass slide showing the overgrown path to a village graveyard — D29.1_006765

A village graveyard with simple graves marked with wooden posts and name plaques — D29.1_006766

A single-storey straw-roofed house with a veranda — D29.1_006767

A missionary and local using a 2-man saw to cut a large wooden block into planks — D29.1_006768

A raised single-storey house of the State Officer, with veranda — D29.1_006769

A simple wooden boat being constructed in a low covered shed — D29.1_006770

A built wooden rowboat beside a boat building shed — D29.1_006771

A local blacksmith under a covered shed — D29.1_006772

View of a dead chimpanzee — D29.1_006773

View of a village graveyard with graves marked by stone piles and wooden crosses — D29.1_006774

Local carrying a boar hunted from the nearby jungle — D29.1_006775

A group of local women assembled by a schoolhouse — D29.1_006776

A group of locals assembled in a jungle clearing — D29.1_006777

Portrait of a local with scarification — D29.1_006778

Locals dressing and kneading each others' hair outside a hut — D29.1_006779

View of a Cassava farm — D29.1_006780

A hunted leopard on display — D29.1_006781

A missionary and a local by a simple wooden plank bridge — D29.1_006782

Locals assembled outside a village schoolhouse with a graph of English alphabetical characters in view — D29.1_006783

Local climbing a palm tree — D29.1_006784

A drawn portrait of a local woman — D29.1_006785

A funeral procession displaying a corpse decorated with white markings — D29.1_006786

A large rowing boat on the banks of an wide river — D29.1_006787

A large canoe on the bank of a wide river — D29.1_006788

A portrait of Lusala, a local preacher — D29.1_006789

A large rowing boat with Reverend and Mrs Scrivener on board — D29.1_006790

A single-storey straw-roofed house belonging to a trader — D29.1_006791

A group of assembled locals with simple loincloths and spears — D29.1_006792

View of a small river bay — D29.1_006793

A local girl with an amputated right hand — D29.1_006794

View of a small house being built, currently a wooden frame under jungle trees — D29.1_006795

A group of local children assembled outside a simple plank schoolhouse — D29.1_006796

An anchored paddle steamer viewed through riverside trees — D29.1_006797

View of a hexagonal summer house by a body of water — D29.1_006798

View of a paddle-steamer ship — D29.1_006799

Missionaries gathered around a grave marked by a white picket fence — D29.1_006800

View of a courtyard surrounded by low-ceiling village houses — D29.1_006801

A simple wooden, straw-roofed mission house — D29.1_006802

A large single-storey mission house — D29.1_006803

A raised single-storey straw-roofed house — D29.1_006804

Box D81: First World War Slides

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WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006612

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006613

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006614

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WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006616

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WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006619

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WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006621

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006622

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006623

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006624

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006625

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006626

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006627

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006628

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006629

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006630

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006631

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006632

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006633

WWI Lantern Slide — D81_006634