Magic Lantern Slide: The Clock Tower, Westminster, London
This lantern slide shows the Big Ben Clock tower in London. Being part of the Baker collection this slide was acquired in 1977 by the museum and was likely taken around the 19th and 20th century.
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.
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.
- 313/1977/250
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: The Clock Tower, Westminster, London
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'BIG BEN TOWER' on top edge; handwritten 'The Clock Tower. Westminster. London' on top edge binding strip
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Initials
- W. Weaver
- Production Person Surname
- Baker
