Magic Lantern Slide: Cotton operatives leaving work at dinner-time
This photograph shows two women starting their lunch break, and was taken to show the typical clothing worn by cotton factory workers. The slide is part of a set made by John Crabtree showing different aspects of cotton factories in northern England. In census records his job title is given as ‘HM Inspector of Factories’, and he wrote a trade manual 'The Cotton Industry' which was published in 1922. These slides were donated to the museum in 1934 by his relative who lived in Exeter.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 118/1934/325
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Cotton operatives leaving work at dinner-time
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'Cotton operatives leaving work at dinner-time' on label; printed 'J.H. Crabtree' on bottom 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
