Square lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the image painted on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The colour, circular image shows an interior scene in which a man in a suit empties a sack of potatoes in front of two happy children and an elderly woman in a shawl and bonnet sitting in a chair. A lighted candle sits on a round clothed table and books sit in a hanging shelf on the wall. The eighth slide in a series of nine. On the edge is: "W.C. Hughes" and there is a paper label in one corner with a large green number "8".

Square lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the image painted on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The colour, circular image shows a man in a black coat and top hat with a large white sack over his shoulder walking down a dirt path toward a small thatched cabin surrounded by trees and shrubs. The seventh slide in a series of nine. Label: "W.C. Hughes / Optician 151, Hoxton St. London" and a paper label in one corner with a large green number "7".

Square lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the image painted on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The colour, circular image shows an interior scene in which a man in a blue robe with a red belt kneels in a cellar, filling a sack with potatoes by candle light. Two hams hang from the ceiling. This is the sixth slide in a series of nine. Label: "W.C. Hughes / Optician...London, N" and part of a paper label in one corner with a large green number "6".

Square lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the image painted on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The colour, circular image shows a distressed elderly woman in a shawl with a little boy and girl looking out a red-curtained window at a man in a coat and top hat walking away through greenery under a blue sky. The fifth slide in a series of nine. Paper label on one corner with a large red number "5".

Square lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the image painted on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The colour, circular image shows an interior scene with an elderly woman in a shawl, a man in a long brown coat, and a boy facing away from each other and kneeling in prayer. A potted plant sits in the red-curtained window and a round table with long white table cloth holds a tea pot, cup and saucer. The fourth slide in a series of nine. Label: "Hughes, Optician / 151 Hoxton St. London, N" and a paper label in one corner with a large green number "4".

Square lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the image painted on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The colour, circular image shows an elderly woman in shawl and apron standing with a small boy in blue and brown beside a round table with a tea cup. The room contains two chairs and a wooden door, as well as a red-curtained window. The second slide in a series of nine. Paper label on one corner with a large red number "2".

Square lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the image painted on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The colour, circular image shows an elderly woman in shawl and apron sitting in a high-backed chair next to a fireplace, a round table beside her with a book open on top. Rows of plates are attached to the wall behind her. First slide of a series of nine. Label: "W.C. Hughes / Optician / 151 Hoxton St. N. London" and a paper label in one corner with a large green number "1".

Square lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the image printed on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The printed and coloured circular image shows a scene of a woman hanging white laundry with a basket beside her. There's a shotgun hole blown through one piece of laundry, so with a stick she is chasing away a man in purple holding a shotgun, top hat falling from his head. The background scene is a grassy river shore. Label: "W.C. Hughes / Optician / 151 Hoxton St. N. London".

Square lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the image printed on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The printed and coloured circular image shows a comical scene of a man fishing on the grassy bank of a curving river, tall fishing pole in hand and woven basket at his hip. A donkey is emerging from the water, caught on his line. Label: "W.C. Hughes / Optician / 151 Hoxton St. N. London"

Double slipper lantern slide. A rectangular wooden frame holds three glass plates side by side. The centre plate is stationary and shows a coloured, printed image of two boys (in four figures) hopping over the other. The boys are vibrantly coloured in yellow, green, red and pink. The background is black. Parts b and c are panes of glass with blotches of black paint carefully placed to intermittently hide elements on the centre slide as they move past it. The frame is built to accommodate the moving slides, having large grooves in each side for the plates to move into, and semi-circular finger holes at the edges.