- Object name(s):
- slide; Lantern Slide: Model Yacht Pool, Torquay; Magic Lantern Slide: Model Yacht Pool, Torquay
- Brief description:
- This magic lantern slide shows a view of the model yacht pool at Torquay, 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. This object is not on display. Inscription edges handwritten handwritten 'TORQUAY MODEL YACHT' on top edge front (under cover glass) handwritten handwritten 'Model Yacht Pool. Torquay.' on mount
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Dimension:
- whole width 83 mm
- Dimension:
- whole H 83 mm
- Dimension:
- whole TH 2.5 mm
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Material:
- glass
- Material:
- paper
- Material:
- photographic emulsion
- Object name:
- slide; Lantern Slide: Model Yacht Pool, Torquay; Magic Lantern Slide: Model Yacht Pool, Torquay
- Object number:
- 313/1977/77
- Object production date:
- 1908 to 1937
- Date - period:
- Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Date - period:
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date - period:
- Inter War (1918-1939)
- Object production person:
- William Weaver Baker 1866-1954 (photographer)
- Object production place:
- United Kingdom
- Object production place:
- Northern Europe
- Object production place:
- Europe
- Reproduction number:
- 313-1977-77.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Social History
- Responsible department/section:
- Social and industrial history
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/62353f30-0eab-3273-9aa8-b8ac91a4494c
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/62353f30-0eab-3273-9aa8-b8ac91a4494c, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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