Magic Lantern Slide: Nightingale, male with food
This commercially-made slide was in the collection of Mr Rowden. He had a keen interest in nature and wildlife, and was well known for being able to imitate the call of the nightingale bird. He used lantern slides to accompany educational talks and his collection of over 1000 slides is now in the museum’s collection.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/459
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Nightingale, male with food
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- Printed '30. Nightingale, male with food.' on label on top edge; Handwritten 'AA / 32' and '30' on labels on mount
- Period Classification
- World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Town
- Manchester
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Person Surname
- Flatters and Garnett Ltd
- Production Year Low
- 1914
