Magic Lantern Slide: Lesson in Washing
The image in this slide is a photograph of a book illustration which features a group of girls doing laundry in a wash-house, probably in an orphanage or children’s home. The slide is part of a collection containing Christian messages and images which was donated to the museum in 1981.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 106/1981/2/5
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Lesson in Washing
- Simple Name
- slide
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)