Magic Lantern Slide: Sheep Shearing Contest, 1st Prize Winner -- Mr Ayers' Farm, Black Dog
This magic lantern slide shows the 1st prize winner of a sheep shearing contest that took place on 20th June 1938. The winner was Mr Ayers’ Farm, Black Dog, Devon.
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.
- 313/1977/42
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Sheep Shearing Contest, 1st Prize Winner -- Mr Ayers' Farm, Black Dog
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'SHEEP SHEARING BILLHOLE FARM' on top edge; handwritten 'June 20th 1938. / Mr Ayers Farm. Black Dog. / Sheep Shearing Contest / 1st Prize Winner' 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
- Production Year Low
- 1908
- Production Year High
- 1937
