Magic Lantern Slide: Minster Abbey Ruins near Margate
- Description
- This photographic slide by William Weaver Baker shows the ruins of Minster Abbey in Ramsgate, Thanet. Following the Dissolution of the monasteries the was used as a farmhouse, until 1927 when the community of St Walburga in Bavaria refounded the Benedictine community. The ruins to the left of the photograph are part of the ruined chapel, which is marked by the flower beds.
- Accession Loan No.
- 313/1977/399
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Minster Abbey Ruins near Margate
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Minster Abbey Ruins near Margate
- 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
- Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Date
- 1939
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
- Inscription / Transcription
- handwritten 'MINSTER ABBEY RUINS' on top edge; handwritten 'Minster Abbey Ruins near Margate.' on mount
