Magic Lantern Slide: Clouds in Exe Valley

This photographic magic lantern slide was created by Alfred Rowden, an amateur photographer from Exeter. During the First World War he continued his hobbies of photography and nature study and often visited Stoke Woods, near Exeter and other places upstream in the Exe Valley.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
45/1960/95/504
Collection Class
Social and industrial history
Material
glasspaperphotographic emulsion
Common Name
Magic Lantern Slide: Clouds in Exe Valley
Simple Name
slide
Inscription Transcription
Handwritten 'E 239 Clouds in Valley of Exe E.239' on top edge; Handwritten 'Clouds in Exe Valley' on top edge binding strip; 'Jan.24.15' on left edge binding strip; 'A.O. Rowden' on right edge binding strip; 'E.239' on masking strip at bottom
Period Classification
World War I (1914-1918)
Production Country
United Kingdom
Production Person Initials
A.O.
Production Person Surname
Rowden
Production Year Low
24/1/1915

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Lantern Slide: Clouds in Exe Valley