Magic Lantern Slide: Polsloe Priory, Exeter -- Part of 13th C. Oak Screen

This lantern slide shows the Polsloe Priory in Exeter, this shows the part of the 13th Oak. This slide was photographed by baker in the 19th and 20th century and was acquired with the rest of the collection in 1977.

William Weaver Baker was a keen local amateur photographer and his collection of lantern slides offer a rare glimpse of Exeter and the surrounding area in the early twentieth century.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
313/1977/111
Collection Class
Social and industrial history
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Material
glasspaperphotographic emulsion
Common Name
Magic Lantern Slide: Polsloe Priory, Exeter -- Part of 13th C. Oak Screen
Simple Name
slide
Inscription Transcription
handwritten 'SCREEN POLSLOE' on top edge; handwritten 'Polsloe Priory. Exeter / Part of 13th C. Oak Screen' on mount
Period Classification
Edwardian (1901-1914); World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
Production Country
United Kingdom
Production Person Initials
W. Weaver
Production Person Surname
Baker

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Lantern Slide: Polsloe Priory, Exeter -- Part of 13th C. Oak Screen