Magic Lantern Slide: Peterborough - Old Town Hall and Cross
- Description
- This slide by William Weaver Baker shows the seventeenth century Guildhall in Peterborough. The arched area was used as a marketplace while the building above was used as the Town Hall until 1933. It was also known as a butter cross, displaying the arms of Charles II.
- Accession Loan No.
- 313/1977/339
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Peterborough - Old Town Hall and Cross
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Peterborough - Old Town Hall and Cross
- 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 Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
- Inscription / Transcription
- handwritten 'PETERBORO TOWN HALL + CROSS' on top edge; handwritten 'Peterboro' -- Old Town Hall and Cross.' on mount
