Magic Lantern Slide: Ordsall Hall
This slide is part of a set recording historic buildings in north west England, made by John Crabtree who lived in Lancashire. It records Ordsall Hall in Salford. Census records give Crabtree’s job title as ‘HM Inspector of Factories’ but he was also a keen amateur photographer. The slides were donated to the museum by his relative who lived in Exeter.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 118/1934/287
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Ordsall Hall
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'Ordsall Hall.' on left edge binding strip
- 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
