Magic Lantern Slide: Crossing the river Lyd, Lydford Gorge

This magic lantern slide shows a group of people crossing the river Lyd at Lydford Gorge in Dartmoor National Park, 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.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
313/1977/52
Collection Class
Social and industrial history
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Material
glasspaperphotographic emulsion
Common Name
Magic Lantern Slide: Crossing the river Lyd, Lydford Gorge
Simple Name
slide
Inscription Transcription
handwritten 'Crossing the river Lyd. Lydford Gorge' 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

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Lantern Slide: Crossing the river Lyd, Lydford Gorge