Magic Lantern Slide: Decorated Car, Worthing, 1913
This photograph by William Weaver Baker was taken in Worthing and shows a car heavily decorated by flowers. It is likely the car was decorated for a wedding, as indicated by the upturned horseshoe. The driver is believed to be Mrs Booth, famous for being one of the first female taxi drivers in the country. Weaver Baker dates the photograph to 1913. He more often took photographs in Exeter of buildings and objects but appears to have travelled further afield and taken photographs of scenes that interested him.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 313/1977/141
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Decorated Car, Worthing, 1913
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'WORTHING DECORATED CAR' on top edge; handwritten 'Decorated Car. Worthing 1913.' on top binding strip
- 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
