CATALOGUE OF OPTICAL LANTERN SLIDES MANUFACTURED BY J. DORE, OPTICIAN, ETC.

Sandown, Isle of Wight, England: J.Dore, 1894. 8 pages + 6 pages of supplementary views. No illustrations. James Dore (1854-1925) was a photographer in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England. He exhibited at the Royal Photographic Society and the Crystal Palace, and in 1893 he was awarded a gold medal and diploma for his lantern slides at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The catalogue lists title and numbers of hundreds of lantern slides in the following categories: 1) Isle of Wight, 2) Frost and Snow Scenes, 3) Pictures from Life, Animals, Country Scenes, etc., 4) Clouds and Water, 5) Yachts, Shipping, etc., 6) Ships of War, 7) Military, 8) Isle of Wight Militia, 9) Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Camp, 10) Volunteers, etc., 11) Rocket Life Saving Drill, 12) "Queen Victoria" Lifeboat, 13) Stranding of the Eider, 14) Miscellaneous Views, Portraits, etc., 15) Isle of Wight and Miscellaneous Views, 16) New Forest, 17) Pictures from Life, etc., 18) Marine Subjects, 19) Cloud Effects, 20) English War Ships, 21) Yachting and Marine. The catalogue is in fair to good condition: it is complete, generally clean and bright, but the paper cover is split along the spine-fold.. Original. Paperback. About Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript.