Slate Collection (page 6)

Derelict slate workings, Nantlle Valley, North Wales
View through an open window of derelict slate workings in the Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. When an industry dies, the area dies too, and only the pollution is left

Slate milestone near Penmachno, North Wales
A slate milestone, probably early 19th century, near Penmachno, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales

House with decorative slate tiling, North Wales
View of the front of a house with decorative slate tiling, somewhere in North Wales. The house is double-fronted, but appears to be either terraced or semi-detached

Derelict building, slate quarrying area, North Wales
View of a derelict building in a slate quarrying area of North Wales. The roof of this house has several tiles (probably made of slate) missing

Slate roof, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales
Intricate patterning made from slate on the roof of an abandoned weighbridge building at Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Slate covered bungalow, Porthmadog, North Wales
A slate covered bungalow in Porthmadog, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The town of Porthmadog developed in the 19th century as a port exporting slate to England

Cherubs on Penrhyn tomb, Llandegai Church, North Wales
A detail of cherubs splitting slate on the bas relief of the Penrhyn tomb in Llandegai (or Llandygai) Church, near Bangor, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Remains of a slate quarry, North Wales
The remains of a slate quarry in North Wales, with a mountain of slate waste, railway earthworks, retaining walls and walkways

Slate used on office building, Slate Wharf, Caernarfon
Terracotta, yellow brick and Caernarfon slate used on an office building on Slate Wharf in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, North Wales

Slate tiling, Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, North Wales
Intricate patterning made from slate on an abandoned weighbridge building at Blaenau Ffestiniog Slate Quarry, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales

Remains of Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of the remains of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales. The National Slate Museum is nearby

The Tower, Puffin Island, Anglesey
The Tower, the solitary building on Puffin Island, Anglesey with Welsh slate roof (slate likely to have originated from Port Dinorwic across the Menai Straits)

A Flemish School

China / Reading & Writing
Chinese peasants are taught to read and write as part of Chairman Maos Great Leap Forward

Dr Slade: spirit writing trial
Sketches of the trial of Henry Slade, showing Slade in the centre. Slade first practised his spirit communication in America before travelling to England where he gave seances from his lodgings in

Dr Slades spirit writing trail
A message from the spirits: a sketch of a slate showing a message from Dr Slades deceased wife. Slade first practised his spirit communication in America before travelling to England where he gave

A Brown Study by William Henry Hunt
Illustration of a young boy sitting with a slate

Ought and Carry On by A. Havers
A young girl puzzles over some mathematical problem using a slate

Stone Quarry France
A somewhat idealised quarry where the slate (french : ardoise) is cut out in neat slices and winched up to the surface

Penrhyn Quarries - 1
The slate quarries at Penrhyn, Bethesda, Anglesey, Wales. (1 of 3)

Penrhyn Quarries - 3
The slate quarries at Penrhyn, Bethesda, Anglesey, Wales. (3 of 3)

Penrhyn Quarries - 2
The slate quarries at Penrhyn, Bethesda, Anglesey, Wales. (2 of 3)

Houdini Exposes Trick
Houdini demonstrates how with the help of an assistant, a skilful medium can exchange a blank slate for a marked one in mid-seance

Slade Tested - 2
A drawing shows how Slade used slight-of-hand to perform his slate-writing trick

Child with a Slate
a Child with a Slate

Gabrielle Ray / 1909
GABRIELLE RAY Actress, doing her sums on a school slate

Slate Quarry / Wales
Lord Penryns slate quarry, near Bangor, North Wales

Girls Draw on Slate 19C
An older girl helps her younger sister to draw a house on a slate

Mother / 3 Children 1890
Mother stands at the cottage door with baby, son and daughter; big sister gets little brother ready for school

Boys Picking Slate
Boys picking slate out of mined coal, in an American mine

Market Building
The old central market building or butter cross in the village of Dunster, Somerset

Boys in Classroom
An older boys helps a smaller one with a difficult sum

Child Artist at Work
A young girl lies on the floor making a portrait with chalk on a slate

Girl Using Slate
A thoughtful girl uses her slate for her school homework

Fake Slate Writing
How a fraudulent medium performs slate-writing while still apparently under strict control

Slades Slate
Slate used by Henry Slade to produce spirit messages at Philadelphia

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