Magic Lantern Slide: Tomtit's Nest (exposed)

Description

This photographic magic lantern slide was created by Alfred Rowden, an amateur photographer from Exeter. During the First World War he continued his hobbies of photography and nature study and often visited Stoke Woods, near Exeter and other places upstream in the Exe Valley.

Accession Loan No.

45/1960/95/530

Collection Class

Social and industrial history

Common Name

Magic Lantern Slide: Tomtit's Nest (exposed)

Simple Name

slide

Full Name

Lantern Slide: Tomtit's Nest (exposed)

Dimensions

whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm

Production Person Surname

Rowden

Production Person Initials

A.O.

Period Classification

World War I (1914-1918)

Production Year Low

5/6/1915

Production Country

United Kingdom

Production Area Region

North

Production Continent

Europe

Family Group



Material

glass; paper; photographic emulsion

Inscription / Transcription

Handwritten 'E.298 Tomtits Nest E.298' on top edge; Handwritten 'Tomtits Nest (exposed)' on top binding strip; 'Ju 5.15 A.O. Rowden' on right binding strip; 'E.298' on masking strip at bottom