Conan Doyle Home Movie Footage 03+11
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Duration | 76 sec. |
Date | 1925~1930 |
Location | The Psychic Bookshop 2 Victoria Street London |
People | Arthur Conan Doyle Mary Louise Conan Doyle R. G. Monier-Williams Miss De Morgan Unidentified man |
The 3rd and 11th footage from the Conan Doyle 16 minutes home movie (Richard Lancelyn Green collection) shows Arthur Conan Doyle with his first daughter Mary Louise Conan Doyle, Mr. R. G. Monier-Williams and Miss De Morgan with another man wearing a hearing device (probably a Siemens Phonophor, or a part of the Psychic Telephone invented by F. R. Melton) in front of The Psychic Bookshop, Abbey House, Victoria Street, S. W., London.
The bookshop was established by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1925.
Footage No. 03 & 11
Who's Who
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Arthur Conan Doyle, proprietor of The Psychic Bookshop
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Mary Louise Conan Doyle, Conan Doyle's first daughter
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R. G. Monier-Williams, the bookshop manager
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Miss De Morgan, Monier's assistant
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Man with Phonophor hearing aid (Siemens) or Psychic Telephone (invented by F. R. Melton).