Magic Lantern Slide: Broadway Mill (Oldham) on fire
This photographic slide records a devastating fire at Broadway mill in Oldham. The slide was part of the collection belonging to John Crabtree who was a government inspector of factories with an interest in the safety of factory workers.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 118/1934/343
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Broadway Mill (Oldham) on fire
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'Broadway Mill (Oldham) / On fire' on mount
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Initials
- John H.
- Production Person Surname
- Crabtree
- Production Year Low
- 1863
- Production Year High
- 1924
