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Magic Lantern Slide: Norbreck Hydro, Blackpool, 1935 (slide)

Descriptions

This photographic image by William Weaver Baker shows the full extent of the Norbreck Hydro in Blackpool. The Norbreck Hydro was located in Norbreck Castle Hotel which originally began as a country house welcoming visitors in the late nineteenth century. The Castle Hotel was designed with crenellations along the top of all the buildings, giving the appreance of a defensive castle. This is one of a series of photographs Weaver Baker produced in 1935 of Blackpool.

Inscription

handwritten 'BLACKPOOL' on top edge
handwritten 'Norbreck Hydro. Blackpool. 1935.' on mount


This object is not on display.

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