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Glass panel by George Walton
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GUL, Sp Coll, Northern Looking Glass

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Coloured cartoon from the Northern Looking Glass depicting a carriage known as a "noddy" careering towards the edge of a cliff. Noddies were the taxis of their day, and the cartoon appears to be commenting on the safety of public transport - the cabby appears to have "noddied" off!

Reference: Sp Coll Bh14-x.8

Glasgow University Library, Special Collections

Keywords:
accidents, cliffs, Glasgow Looking Glass, horses and carriages, lithographs, noddies, Northern Looking Glass, passengers



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