Magic Lantern Slide: Long-tailed Tit
Alfred Rowden was a keen amateur photographer and natural historian in Exeter. He often gave talks at local field clubs, illustrated with magic lantern slides that he created or purchased from commercial manufacturers. He was especially interested in birds and often visited Stoke Woods, on the outskirts of Exeter, to study nature.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/226
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Long-tailed Tit
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'Z 331 Long-tailed Tit' ono top edge; handwritten 'Long-tailed Tit. / A.O. Rowden. / P.R.L. Z.331 M.Q.' on masking strips
- Period Classification
- Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
- Production Year Low
- 1924
- Production Year High
- 1941
