Magic Lantern Slide: Hall-ith-Wood in 1750
This image is part of lecture set on the topic of Samuel Crompton and the cotton industry. The slides originally belonged to John Crabtree, who was HM Inspector of Factories. This slide shows a place called ‘Hall-i’th-Wood’ in Bolton around the year 1750, which is where Samuel Crampton first invented and built his ‘spinning mule’.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 118/1934/249
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsionpigment
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Hall-ith-Wood in 1750
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten '26' on corner label; handwritten 'Hall-ith-Wood in 1750' 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
