Magic Lantern Slide: Mule Room in a Cotton Mill, 1850
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 the inside of a cotton factory around the year 1850.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 118/1934/282
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Mule Room in a Cotton Mill, 1850
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten '83' on corner label; printed 'JOHN H. CRABTREE' on top edge binding strip; handwritten 'Mule Room in a Cotton Mill 1850.' 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
