Magic Lantern Slide: In Lydford Gorge
- Description
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This is a magic lantern slide showing a view of Lydford Gorge in Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
William Weaver Baker was a keen local amateur photographer and his collection of lantern slides offer a rare glimpse of Exeter and the surrounding area in the early twentieth century. - Accession Loan No.
- 313/1977/10
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: In Lydford Gorge
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: In Lydford Gorge
- Dimensions
- whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Production Person Surname
- Baker
- Production Person Initials
- W. Weaver
- Period Classification
- Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Year Low
- 1908
- Production Year High
- 1937
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
- Collection Town
- Lydford
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Inscription / Transcription
- handwritten 'In Lydford Gorge 1911' on mount
