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.
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
