Magic Lantern Slide: Nest of Song Thrush

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.
45/1960/95/508
Collection Class
Social and industrial history
Material
glasspaperphotographic emulsion
Common Name
Magic Lantern Slide: Nest of Song Thrush
Simple Name
slide
Inscription Transcription
handwritten 'E 249 Nest of Thrush (Song) E 249' on top edge; handwritten 'Nest of Song Thrush / Mch.28.15 / A.O. Rowden / P.T E.249' on masking strips
Period Classification
World War I (1914-1918)
Production Country
United Kingdom
Production Person Initials
A.O.
Production Person Surname
Rowden
Production Year Low
28/3/1915

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Lantern Slide: Nest of Song Thrush