Magic Lantern Slide: Foxgloves
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 recorded scenery and wildlife specimens around Devon.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/316
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Foxgloves
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- illegible handwritten title on top edge; handwritten 'Foxgloves Ju.21.31 / Pag. Rap Z.585' on binding strips; further inscriptions (probably 'A.O. Rowden' and a code for the developer used) removed by loss of masking strip
- Period Classification
- Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Date
- 21/6/1931
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
