© Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 2018

Lourdes Slides

ACC/2014/5

Series of slides created by Thomas Holmes Mason of Dame Street Dublin, relating to Sanctuary of Our Lady at Lourdes and its healing powers. The majority of the slides

show individuals before and/or after their cure at Lourdes.

Catalogued by Harriet Wheelock February 2018

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Contents

Lourdes Slides ...................................................................................... 2

B1 Series ..................................................................................................................... 3

B2 Series ..................................................................................................................... 7

B3 Series ................................................................................................................... 12

B4 Series ................................................................................................................... 29

B5 Series ................................................................................................................... 46

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LS Lourdes Slides

[1930s]

Series

Extent: 140 slides Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Series of slides created by Thomas Holmes Mason of Dame Street Dublin, relating to Sanctuary of Our Lady at Lourdes and its healing powers. The majority of the slides show individuals before and/or after their cure at Lourdes. Some have additional details including names, date cured, disease and date of recognition of the cure by the Lourdes Medical Bureau. Most of this text is in French. It is not clear when or why the slides were created, but it is possible they were created to illustrate a series of talks on Lourdes and its medical cures and miracles. The slides are marked with letters and numbers on small labels, which indicate five series with up to 50 slides per series, although none of the series is complete. Some of the labels are marked 'Hotel Bellevue 1929'. Many of the slides contain dates, the latest being 1932. Arrangement: The slides have been arranged into series by the letters and numbers on the labels. Administrative History: The Shrine at Lourdes was founded in 1858 following a series of vision of the Virgin Mary witnessed by Marie Bernarde Soubirous (later Sister Marie-Bernard). Cures occurred at Lourdes from 1858, and in 1883 a Medical Bureau (Bureau des Constatations Médicales) was established to examine and certify the cures. The methodology and standards used by the Bureau in identifying and investigating cures have changed over time, but the procedure has remained largely similar. Cures are referred to the Bureau, with further investigations taken if required. Cures are recognised by the Bureau if they can be shown to be 'medically inexplicable'. If a cure is recognised by the Bureau it is passed on to the Bishop of the diocese where the subject lives, who is responsible for the decision making process as to whether the cure is 'miraculous'. Language: French English Dutch

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LS/1 B1 Series

[1930s]

Series Extent: 9 slides Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Incomplete series of slides labelled B1. The slides show a series of images relating to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, [the Lourdes Medical Bureau] and the German catholic mystic and stigmatic Therese Neumann. Arrangement: Slides are arranged by series number LS/1/1 B1.2 - View of Lourdes

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing panoramic view of the town of Lourdes and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.

[1930s]

LS/1/2 B1.7a - Lourdes Hymn

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description:

[1930s]

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Glass lantern slide showing the printed text of verses 1, 2 and 10 of the 'Lourdes Hymn - The Bells of the Angelus'.

LS/1/3 B1.10 - Sanctury of Our Lady of Lourdes at night

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing the Sanctury of Our Lady of Lourdes illuminated at night

[1930s]

LS/1/4 B1.26

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing group of men, in clerical and non-clerical garb, grouped round a table. Possibly the Lourdes Medical Bureau (Bureau des Constatations Médicales).

[1930s]

LS/1/5 B1.31

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing the quarter length portrait of an unidentified man

[1930s]

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LS/1/6 B1.42 - Konnersreuth

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a drawing of the town of Konnersreuth in Bavaria, birth place of Therese Neumann.

[1930s]

LS/1/7 B1.47 - Drawing of [Therese Neumann]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a drawing of [Therese Neumann] signed M Linduer, Sept. 27

[1930s]

LS/1/8 B1.49 - Painting of [Therese Neumann]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide a painting of [Therese Neumann]

[1930s]

LS/1/9 B1.50 - Therese Neumann

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958

[1930s]

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Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Therese Neumann with a nun and a pastor. Handwritten text below reads 'Therese Neumann, sa soeur et son Confesseur Pastor Naber'

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LS/2 B2 Series

[1930s]

Series

Extent: 12 slides Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Incomplete series of slides labelled B2. Slides show photographs of men who have received cures at Lourdes, mostly from tuburculosis or gastro-intestinal diseases. Most of the slides have handwritten notes on them giving the names of the subject, some also have details of their illness, the date of their cure and, in some cases, its recognition by the Lourdes Medical Bureau. Arrangement: Slides are arranged by series number LS/2/1 B2.13 - Octave Valdeau

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of a seated man, with trousers rolled up to expose lower legs. Handwritten text below - 'Octave Valdeau de Mouliois Vendee. Guéri le 15 Aout 1911 d'une ostéo-myélite du [tibia] droit avec fistules'

[1930s]

LS/2/2 B2.18 - Paul Merat

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958

[1930s]

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Description: Glass lantern slide showing an x-ray of a chest labelled 'Paul Merat - taken 27 May 1914'

LS/2/3 B2.19 - Henri Mieuzet

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a studio photograph of a young boy. Handwritten text below reads 'Henri Meiuzet de Brielles (Ille-et-Vilaine) âge de 7 ans 1/2 de Pelerinage National de 1927. Guéri d'entéro-colite bacillaire le 23 Aout 1927. Reconnu au Bureau des Constatations le 12 Aout 192[ ]'' See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, pp.132-4 for details of the case of Henri Mieuzet.

[1930s]

LS/2/4 B2.20 - Mijnheer Aug. Aerts

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph [taken from a publication] with the caption 'Mijnheer Aug. Aerts. dankbaar en bhij. Juni 1928'. Handwritten text below read ' Guéri 21 Juni 1928 [à la piscine de] fistule biliaire' See als LS/2/5

[1930s]

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LS/2/5 B2.21 - Mr Aerts

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a studio photograph of a man, identified as 'Mr Aerts'. See als LS/2/4

[1930s]

LS/2/6 B2.23 - Monsieur Michel

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of a man standing outside a building. Handwritten text reads 'Monsieur Michel de Neuchatel (Suisse). Guéri le 15 Mai 1929 d'entérocolite [ ] et de polynévrite multiple. Reconnu le 17 Mai 1930'

[1930s]

LS/2/7 B2.24

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of [Catholic Priest] standing next to a bed.

[1930s]

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LS/2/8 B2.26

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a studio photograph of an unidentifed [Catholic Priest]

[1930s]

LS/2/9 B2.28 - M. Albus Dessailly I

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a lung x-ray, taken from a publication, and dated 19 June 1928. Handwritten text reads 'M. Albus Dessailly I. Guéri 16 Sept 1928. T.B.[bi.C.T.L.P]' See also LS/2/10 and LS/2/11 See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, p.137 for details of the case of Fr. Albert Dessailly

[1930s]

LS/2/10 B2.29 - M. Albus Dessailly II

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a lung x-ray, taken from a publication, and dated 29 September 1928. Handwritten text reads 'M. Albus DeSsailly II. Guéri 16 Sept 1928. [Piscine] See also LS/2/9 and LS/2/11.

[1930s]

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See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, p.137 for details of the case of Fr. Albert Dessailly

LS/2/11 B2.30 - M. Albus Dessailly III

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a lung x-ray, taken from a publication, and dated 19 September 1929. Handwritten text reads 'M. Albus DeSsailly III. Guéri 16 Sept 1928. T.B.[bi.C.T.L.P a P], with additional text on the x-ray. See also LS/2/9 and LS/2/10 See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, p.137 for details of the case of Fr. Albert Dessailly

[1930s]

LS/2/12 B2.32 - Justin Bouhohorts

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing photograph of Justin Bouhohorts aged 70, taken in 1928. Handwritten text in French beneath the photograph gives details of his 'miraculous cure' from TB at Lourdes aged 2 in 1858. See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, pp.37-9 for details of the case of Justine Bouhohorts.

[1930s]

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LS/3 B3 Series

[1930s]

Series

Extent: 48 slides Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Incomplete series of slides labelled B3. Slides show photographs of women who have received cures at Lourdes, mostly from tuberculosis, cancer or gastro-intestinal diseases. Most of the slides have handwritten notes on them giving the names of the subject, some also have details of their illness and the date of their cure. Some of the photographs are taken outside the Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes or in front of buildings in Lourdes, others are studio photographs. Arrangement: Slides are arranged by series number

LS/3/1 B3.1 - Joachime Dehant

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Joachime Dehant, with the handwritten date 12/vii/78 added underneath.Joachime Dehant was cured of an ulcer of the leg and gangrene at Lourdes, on 13 October 1878. See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, p.39-40 for details of the case of Joachime Dehant

[1930s]

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LS/3/2 B3.2 - Catherine Lapeyre

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of the face of Catherine Lapeyre, labelled 'le cancer de la langue de Catherine Lapeyre'. See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, p.167 for details of this case

[1930s]

LS/3/3 B3.4

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified woman

[1930s]

LS/3/4 B3.5 - [La] femme au lupus

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of [a family group]. Handwitten text reads [La] femme au lupus, et au museau de chie[n].

[1930s]

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LS/3/5 B3.6 - Mme Bouchel

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mme Bouchel, and two pages from a book with the caption 'les taches de sang et du pus sur le livre de prières de Mme bouchel produites par la chute de son bandeau'

[1930s]

LS/3/6 B3.7

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing photograph of women standing next to an invalid chair, surrounded by a group of men.

[1930s]

LS/3/7 B3.8 - Marie Richard

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Marie Richard standing in front of the Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes. Handwritten text below reads 'Marie Richard. 1899. Double cancer des seins.' See also LS/3/8

[1930s]

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LS/3/8 B3.9 - Marie Richard

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Marie Richard taken from a printed publication, handwritten text below reads 'Guérie 3 Sept 1899 34 ans. Revient à Lourdes 15 Sept 1931' See also LS/3/7

[1930s]

LS/3/9 B3.10 - Mme Hérbert

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of 'Mme Herbert, printed text beneath reads Mme Hérbert. 'Guérie le 21 Aout 1900'

[1930s]

LS/3/10 B3.11 - Soeur de la Garde

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of a nun standing next to a figurine of the Virgin Mary, labelled 'Soeur de la Garde, de Montpellier'.

[1930s]

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LS/3/11 B3.12 - Madame Marie Marche

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Marie Marche standing in front of the Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes. Handwritten text below reads 'Madame Marie Marche. Cécité complète neurorétinite. Guérie instantanement le 5 Septembre 1902.'

[1930s]

LS/3/12 B3.13

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women standing in front of the Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes.

[1930s]

LS/3/13 B3.14 - Mlle Marie Borel

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Marie Borel, handwritten text reads 'Mlle Marie Borel fistules de l'abdomen et de la région lombaire communiquant avec l'intestin'. See also LS/3/13 See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, p.345 for details of this case

[1930s]

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LS/3/14 B3.15 - Mlle Marie Borel

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing [a page from a publication] showing scars and fistula. Printed text identifies them as 'photographs of Marie Borel taken August 22nd, 1907, immediately after her cure'. See also LS/3/3 See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, p.345 for details of this case

[1930s]

LS/3/15 B3.16 - Léonie Lévéque

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Léonie Lévéque, handwritten is faded but legible sections reads 'Guérie la 16 juillet 1908 pendant la [messe ] d une sinusite frontale [ ]' See also LS/3/16

[1930s]

LS/3/16 B3.17 - Léonie Lévéque

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Léonie Lévéque.

[1930s]

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LS/3/17 B3.18 - Henriet[ ] Hauton

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an emaciated figure, handwritten is faded but legible sections reads 'Henriet[ ] Hauton de Lisieux [ ]ite chronique - guérie'

[1930s]

LS/3/18 B3.19

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified woman, sitting in front of a a figurine of the Virgin Mary.

[1930s]

LS/3/19 B3.20

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women. Handwritten text reads 'un an après 110 livres a [gagné] 75 livres'

[1930s]

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LS/3/20 B3.21

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified woman. This is possibly the same women as shown in LS/3/21

[1930s]

LS/3/21 B3.22

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified woman. This is possibly the same women as shown in LS/3/20

[1930s]

LS/3/22 B3.23a - Mdame Biré

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of women standing outside a church. Handwritten text reads 'Mdame Biré. guérie 1908 photographie [prise] apres guérison 25 ans'. See also LS/3/23 See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, pp.42-4 for details of this case

[1930s]

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LS/3/23 B3.24 - Oeil de Mme Biré

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing diagrams and text, from a printed publication, of Mme Biré's eye before and after her cure. See also LS/3/22 See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, pp.42-4 for details of this case

[1930s]

LS/3/24 B3.25 - Mlle Marguerite Verzier

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of a young women labelled 'Mlle Marguerite Verzier. Lors de son pèlerinage d'action de grâces' See also LS/3/25 and LS/3/26

[1930s]

LS/3/25 B3.26 - Mlle Marguerite Verzier

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a printed image of the overlapping bone fragments of Marquerite Verzier after her cure in 1909. See also LS/3/24 and LS/3/26.

[1930s]

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LS/3/26 B3.27 - [Mlle Marguerite Verzier]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing an x-ray of [overlapping bone fragments of Marguerite Verzier]. See also LS/3/24 and LS/3/25

[1930s]

LS/3/27 B3.28

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified nun

[1930s]

LS/3/28 B3.29 - Mme. Travaillard

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a printed photograph labelled 'Mme Travillard au moment de sa guérison'. Handwritten note reads 'Guérie 14 viii 1910. Cancer du col. See also LS/3/29 and LS/3/30.

[1930s]

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LS/3/29 B3.30 - Mme. Travaillard

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a printed image of 'Mme Travillard en Novembre 1910. Elle avait gagné 38 livres de son poids'. Handwritten note reads 'Guérie 14 viii 1910. Cancer du col'. See also LS/3/28 and LS/3/30.

[1930s]

LS/3/30 B3.31 - Mme. Travaillard

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of 'Mme Travillard, handwritten text reads ' Mme. Travaillard (de Tours) Cancer? G Perimetrite? Guérie dans le train de retour le 14 Juillet 1910' See also LS/3/28 and LS/3/29 NB. Too different slides are numbered B3.31

[1930s]

LS/3/31 B3.31 - Soeur Ste. Francoise

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing photograph of Soeur Ste. Francoise standing standing in front of the Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes. Handwritten text reads 'Soeur Ste. Francoise. Tumeur vesicale et fistule urinaire. guérie le 31 Aout 1910'.

[1930s]

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NB. Too different slides are numbered B3.31 See also LS/5/12

LS/3/32 B3.32

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a printed image of an unidentified emaciated women, possibly the same women as in LS/3/33.

[1930s]

LS/3/33 B3.33

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a printed image of an unidentified women, possibly the same women as in LS/3/32.

[1930s]

LS/3/34 B3.34 - Mlle [Ranireau]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle [Ranireau] in a neck brace. See also LS/3/35 and LS/3/36.

[1930s]

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LS/3/35 B3.35 - [Mlle Ranireau]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of [Mlle Ranireau] without her neck brace. See also LS/3/34 and LS/3/36.

[1930s]

LS/3/36 B3.36 - Mlle [Ranireau]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle [Ranireau] in a neck and chest brace. See also LS/3/34 and LS/3/35.

[1930s]

LS/3/37 B3.37

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women.

[1930s]

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LS/3/38 B3.38

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women in an invalid chair.

[1930s]

LS/3/39 B3.39

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified nun

[1930s]

LS/3/40 B3.40

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified emaciated women.

[1930s]

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LS/3/41 B3.41

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified woman

[1930s]

LS/3/42 B3.42 - Mlle. Gailleux

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle. Gailleux standing next to an invalid chair and surrounded by a crowd.

[1930s]

LS/3/43 B3.43

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women standing outside a building. The same women appears in LS/3/44 and LS/4/3.

[1930s]

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LS/3/44 B3.44

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women, standing outside a building with a plaque reading 'Salle N D des Douleurs'. The same women appears in LS/3/43 and LS/4/3.

[1930s]

LS/3/45 B3.46 - Mlle Hasard

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Hasard. Handwritten text reads 'Mme Hasard Julienne de Launois (Ardennes). 6 Febr. 1923. Mal de Pott dorso lombaire'. The original photograph is stamped by the official photographer to Lourdes. See also LS/3/46.

[1930s]

LS/3/46 B3.47 - Mlle Hasard

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing an x-ray of Mlle Hasard's spine, with extensive handwritten notes in French. See also LS/3/45.

[1930s]

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LS/3/47 B3.48 - Celestine Gardelle

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Celestine Gardelle. Handwritten text reads 'Celestine Gardelle, de Cevant, canton de Lezoux puy de Dome. Guérie d'un cancer de la face, apres [visites] consecutive a N. D. de Lourdes et emploi d'eau de la Grotte, le 18 Mars 1925'. See also LS/3/48. See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, pp.168-70 for details of this case

[1930s]

LS/3/48 B3.49 - Celestine Gardelle

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Celestine Gardelle. The image is the same as LS/3/47 but without the text. See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, pp.168-70 for details of this case

[1930s]

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LS/4 B4 Series

[1930s]

Series Extent: 51 slides Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Incomplete series of slides labelled B4. Slides show photographs of women who have received cures at Lourdes, those where the diseases is identified are from tuberculosis, cancer or gastro-intestinal diseases. Most of the slides have handwritten notes on them giving the names of the subject, some also have details of their illness and the date of their cure. Some of the photographs are taken outside the Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes or in front of buildings in Lourdes, others are studio photographs. Arrangement: Slides are arranged by series number LS/4/1 B4.1

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified woman standing outside the Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes.

[1930s]

LS/4/2 B4.2 - Marie Louise [Arnand]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958

[1930s]

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Description: Glass lantern slide showing two pieces of handwriting by Marie Louise [Arnand], one before and one after her cure at Lourdes. See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, pp.129-31 for details of this case

LS/4/3 B4.3

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified woman standing in a doorway. This women is also the subject LS/3/43 and LS/3/44.

[1930s]

LS/4/4 B4.4

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified woman.

[1930s]

LS/4/5 B4.5 - Fig I cancer of the pylorus

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing an illustration of a normal stomach and one with cancer of the pylorus.

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See also LS/4/6-9.

LS/4/6 B4.6 - Fig II cancer of the pylorus

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing an illustration of gastro-enterostomy for cancer of the pylorus. See also LS/4/5, LS/4/7-9.

[1930s]

LS/4/7 B4.7 - Fig III cancer of the liver

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing illustrations of a normal liver and secondary caner of the liver. See also LS/4/5-6 and LS/4/8-9.

[1930s]

LS/4/8 B4.8 - Fig IV stomach and liver of Mlle Delot

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing illustrations of the stomach and liver of Mlle Delot, before and after recovery See also LS/4/5-7 and LS/4/9 See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, pp.127-8 for details of this case

[1930s]

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LS/4/9 B4.9 - Figs vii -x stomach of Mlle Delot

Extent: 2 slides Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slides showing four illustration of the stomach of Mlle Delot at different stages, slides are dated 28 vi [19]28. See also LS/4/5-8. See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, pp.127-8 for details of this case

[1930s]

LS/4/10 B4.10 - Mlle Augault

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Augault standing outside a building. See als LS/4/11. See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, pp.177-80 for details of this case

[1930s]

LS/4/11 B4.11 & B4.11a - Mlle Augault

Extent: 2 slides Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slides showing two photograph of Mlle Augault, one with a companion. Handwritten text on one slide reads 'Mlle Augault standing outside a

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building guérie 21.8.26. Photo 2 [ ] après la guérison'. See also LS/4/10. See Ruth Cranston's The Miracle of Lourdes, pp.177-80 for details of this case

LS/4/12 B4.12

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women. See also LS/4/13 and LS/4/14.

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LS/4/13 B4.13

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women. See also LS/4/12 and LS/4/14.

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LS/4/14 B4.14

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description:

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Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women standing outside the Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes. See also LS/4/12 and LS/4/13.

LS/4/15 B4.15 - M. Maze Rav

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of M Maze Rav, dated 23.8.26

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LS/4/16 B4.16

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women standing outside a building

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LS/4/17 B4.17

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women standing outside a building

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LS/4/18 B4.18

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified nun standing in a garden

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LS/4/19 B4.19

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women sitting in an invalid chair in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes/.

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LS/4/20 B4.20 - Mlle Alice de Ra[une]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Alice de Ra[une]. Handwritten text on slide reads 'Mlle Alice de Raune] guérie le 7 Juni 1927, dans le train de retour de Bruxelles, d'une stase intesinale chronique detant de 34 ans'.

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LS/4/21 B4.21 - Mlle. Hancelin

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle. Y Hancelin, dated 27.7.27

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LS/4/22 B4.22

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a series of three photographs of the same unidentified women, each photograph is labelled with the date and the woman's weight.

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LS/4/23 B4.23 - Mm. Desgree

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph Mm. Desgree, handwritten text reads 'Madame Eugénie Desgree guéri le 27 Juillet 1927 de uretére [pyelo repurite] chronique datant de 1923. Reconnu le 18 juillet 1928.'

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LS/4/24 B4.24 - Mlle Suzanne

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Suzanne standing outside a building, handwritten text reads 'Mlle Suzanne [ ] de Paris'.

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LS/4/25 B4.25 - Mlle Suzanne Gertas

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Suzanne Gertas in nun's habit. Handwritten text reads ' Mlle Suzanne Gertas devenue Soeur de la Charite de St Vincent de Paul. Soeur Marguerite après la guérison'

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LS/4/26 B4.26 - Mlle Bouvarle[ ]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Bouvarle[ ].

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LS/4/27 B4.27 - Mlle Jeanne Laplaud

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Jeanne Laplaud. Handwritten text reads 'Mlle Jeanne Laplaud, pélerinage diocesain de Limoges, guérie le 2 September 1927 de tuberculose [généraliseé]. Reconnu le 19 Sept 1928 par le bureau des Constatations Médicales'.

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LS/4/28 B4.28 - Mlle Bosseau

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Bosseau, dated 5.ix.27

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LS/4/29 B4.29 - Mlle. Heuschen

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle. Heuschen standing outside a building.

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LS/4/30 B4.30 - Soeur Marie Aloysia

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Soeur Marie Aloysia, handwritten text reads 'Soeur Marie Aloysia de St Regus atteint d'ostéo-arthrite vertébrale bacillaire, guérie le 19 Juillet 1928, reconnu le 19 Juin 1929 - Guérie à la piscine'

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LS/4/31 B4.31 - Mlle Michel

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Michel

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LS/4/32 B4.32 - Mlle Le[ ]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Le[ ], dated 22.8.28.

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LS/4/33 B4.34 - Mlle. Be[nard]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle. Be[nard]

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LS/4/34 B4.35 - Mlle. Desfortes

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle. Desfortes

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LS/4/35 B4.36 - Madame Renis Souhald[ ]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Madame Renis Souhald[ ], dated 20.vi.29.

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LS/4/36 B4.37

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958

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Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified woman.

LS/4/37 B4.37 - Soeur St Ambroise

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Soeur St Ambroise outside the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes, dated 18.vi.29

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LS/4/38 B4.39

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women

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LS/4/39 B4.40 - Mlle Marie Troplong

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Marie Troplong, handwritten text reads 'Mlle Marie Troplong, du pilgrimage national de 1929, guérie à la piscine de lésions rénales graves. le 21 Aout 1929. Reconnu le 23 Aout 1930 au Bureau des Constatations Médicales'.

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LS/4/40 B4.41 - Mlle Marie Nault

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Marie Nault, dated 11 Sept 29

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LS/4/41 B4.42 - M Margerie

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of M Margerie, dated 25.7.29

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LS/4/42 B4.43 - Soeur Marie-Joseph

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Soeur Marie-Joseph, handwritten text reads 'Soeur Marie-Joseph de la Croix du convent de St Aignan, Orleans, guérie le 20 Aout 1927, de péritonite bacillaire. Reconnu le 21 Aout 1928'

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LS/4/43 B4.44 - Juffr. Margaretha Adam

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing two photograph of Juffr. Margaretha Adam, labelled 'Juffr. Margaretha Adam op haar ziekbed en genezen'. Additional handwritten notes read 'Guerie 4 Sept 1929' and 'un mois après le guérison'.

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LS/4/44 B4.45 - Mlle M Adam

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle M Adam dated 4.9.29. See also LS/4/45

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LS/4/45 B4.46 - Mlle Marguriette Adam

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Marguriette Adam dated 4.9.29. See also LS/4/44

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LS/4/46 B4.47 - Mlle Dualluin

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Dualluin, dated 30 Aout '29.

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LS/4/47 B4.48 - Mlle Cherv[ ]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Cherv[ ], dated 22.8.28

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LS/4/48 B4.49 - Mlle R Hersh-Woorde

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle R Hersh-Woorde, dated 5.8.29

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LS/4/49 B4.50 - Mlle Bernadette Vignse

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958

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Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Bernadette Vignse, handwritten text reads 'Mlle Bernadette Vignse. Guerie 19.8.32 T.B. pulmonaire et petit[ ] de 14 ans.

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LS/5 B5 Series

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Series Extent: 22 slides Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Incomplete series of slides labelled B5. Slides show photographs of women who have received cures at Lourdes, those where the diseases is identified are from tuberculosis or cancer. Most of the slides have handwritten notes on them giving the names of the subject, some also have details of their illness and the date of their cure. Some of the slides have two dates, one identified as G., presuabmly Guéri (cured), and R., possibly Reconnu (recognised, by the Lourdes Medical Bureau). Some of the photographs are taken outside the Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes or in front of buildings in Lourdes, others are studio photographs. Arrangement: Slides are arranged by series number LS/5/1 B5.1 - Mdm Marie Bauduin

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mdm Marie Bauduin, standing next to a chair with a [medical] corset on it. Handwritten text reads; Mdme Marie Bauduin 54 ans. G. 29.8.30. M. de P. Cur 1,2,3. R.29.9.31

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LS/5/2 B5.2 - Mlle Didelot

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Didelot. Handwritten text reads Mdme Marie Bauduin 32 ans. G. I.IX.30. A[ ] B R.27 Aout 193[1]

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LS/5/3 B5.3 - Mlle Roisin

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Roisin Handwritten text reads Mlle Roisin G. 3 Sept 1930 [ ] R.24 Aout 1931. See also LS/5/3

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LS/5/4 B5.4 - Mlle Lucie Roisin

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description:

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Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Lucie Roisin in front of a statute of the revelation of the Sacred Heart. Handwritten text reads Mlle Lucie Roisin G. Aug 1930. [ ] R.24 Aug. 1931 See also LS/5/3

LS/5/5 B5.5 - Mlle L [Letlove]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle L [Letlove] looking out of a train window. Handwritten text reads 'Mlle L [Letlove]. 27 Ans. Guérie T.B. p[ ] 21.vii.31. Gagne 18K in 4 mois. Taille 1m 59.

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LS/5/6 B5.6 - Mlle le Clare

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle le Clare.

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LS/5/7 B5.7 - Yvonne Aumaitre

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958

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Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of a young girl labelled Yvonne Aumaitre.

LS/5/8 B5.8

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women in a garden.

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LS/5/9 B5.9

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing two photographs of the same young girl, one dated 1st May 1925 and the second 11 June 1927. The photographs show notable weight gain.

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LS/5/10 B5.10

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women.

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LS/5/11 B5.11- Mdme. A Picoulet

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mdme. A Picoulet, handwritten text reads Mdme. A Picoulet au November 1931 (81 ans).

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LS/5/12 B5.12 - Soeur Ste. Francoise

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Soeur Ste. Francoise outside the Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes. Handwritten text reads 'Soeur Ste. Francoise. Tumeur vesicale et fistule urinaire. Guérie le 31 Aout 1910 See also LS/3/31

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LS/5/13 B5.17 - Mlle G Gary

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle G Gary. Handwritten text reads Mlle G Gary G. 7 Aout 1930 Le T. rénal R. 22 Juliette 1931

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LS/5/14 B5.18 - Mlle Madeline Boudin

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Madeline Boudin, handwritten text reads ' Mlle Madeline Boudin. G.7 Aout 1929'

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LS/5/15 B5.19 - Mlle Humprey

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mlle Humprey. Handwritten text reads 'Mlle Humprey. Guérie 23.8.30 [ ] diabète. R. 21.8.31

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LS/5/16 B5.20 - Medical certificate of Madame Humbert

Eugene

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a typed medical certificate signed by Dr Marcel Fagot attesting that Madame Humbert Eugene had been suffering from cholecystitis, but now has 'all the appearance of good health ... a result unforseen and inexplicable according to our actual medical knowledge'

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LS/5/17 B5.22 - Mary Healy

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mary Healy, dated 1930.

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LS/5/18 B5.23

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of a group of nurses surrounding a lady in an invalid chair taken outside [a church]. See also LS/5/19

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LS/5/19 B5.24 - Mdme Mou[ ]

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of Mdme Mou[ ] in an invalid chair, handwritten text reads Mdme Mou[ ] Guerie 19.6.30. M. de. P. See also LS/5/18

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LS/5/20 B5.25

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Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of a row of patients in invalid chairs under some trees.

LS/5/21 B5.45

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified women outside a building.

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LS/5/22 B5.50

Extent: 1 slide Creator: Mason, Thomas Holmes, 1877-1958 Description: Glass lantern slide showing a photograph of an unidentified nun outside a building.

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