Magic Lantern Slide: Box where Crompton hid his mule, Hall-ith-Wood
This photographic 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. The ‘box’ shown in this image was used to hide his invention to try and stop other people stealing his design, as he could not afford to take out a patent to protect it.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 118/1934/275
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Box where Crompton hid his mule, Hall-ith-Wood
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten '73' on corner label; handwritten 'Box where Crompton hid his mule / Hall-ith-Wood.' 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
