Magic Lantern Slide: Hornet at entrance to nest
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.
- 45/1960/95/333
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Hornet at entrance to nest
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- illegible handwritten title on top edge; handwritten 'Hornet at entrance to nest / Ju 10 34 / A.O. Rowden Mch.6.36 / Ilf Gas Z.631 M.Q.' on binding and masking strips
- Period Classification
- Inter War (1918-1939); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Date
- 10/6/1934; 6/3/1936
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
