Square photographic lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the photo printed on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The photo is in shades of light brown and shows a man in a suit and coat standing beside a line of elevated rectangular boxes, scrub brush in the foreground. Behind is a tall wooden fence. To the far side, in the distance, is a tall hay stack.

Square photographic lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the photo printed on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The photo is in shades of brown and shows an historic city street scene. Three and four-storey buildings line both sides of the street, with men in suits standing in front of them. One man is in military uniform and holds a sheathed sword. White smoke puffs from an upper floor.

Square photographic lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the photo printed on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The photo is in shades of light brown and shows the exterior of a large ornate department store with a dome and awnings over the street level windows. Buggies pulled by horses are parked on the curb outside.

Square photographic lantern slide made of two pieces of glass, one with the photo printed on it, the other clear, held together by a ‘frame’ of black paper tape. The image is in shades of light brown, and shows 8 evenly spaced, comical line drawings of a horse pulling a small racing buggy, in a variety of running poses. The slide manufacturer’s label is on the bottom centre, in the same colour and style. Inscription in image: "'The Horse in Motion', Automatic-Electro Photography by / Muybridge."; on the frame is written: "the Wasp’s Horse".

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 circular photo is painted and shows a white horse with a red cart tied in front of a wooden barn. Trees and shrubs line the road on either side.

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 colour, circular image shows two men and a woman in purple and yellow mourning a man in orange who lays dead at the bottom of the scene. Labels: "The victims of Giant Despair among the tombs. / Copied by permission from the Pilgrim’s Progress. / G. Routledge & Sons / London"

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, an elderly woman in a bonnet and shawl, and two children kneel in prayer beside a pile of potatoes on the floor. The ninth slide in a series of nine. Stamped in the wood: "W.C. Hughes" and there is a paper label in one corner with a large green number "9".

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".