Glass Lantern Slides

Date:
c.1900-c.1910
Reference:
WF/M/I/SL/60/01
Part of:
Wellcome Foundation Ltd
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About this work

Description

No previous titles on slides, so descriptions are approximate.

1, 2 - Two unidentified men in a plane; next picture is an aerial shot [Wellcome Chemical Works, Dartford?], perhaps these two images are linked.

3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 - Images of soldiers, troop movements etc uniforms suggest pictures taken in Central Europe / Balkans.

10 - "A Good Catch" (taken by J. F. Moore), Exposure 1/650; developed with 'Tabloid' 'Rytol' Universal Developer.

16, 17, 18 - Images, judging by dress, taken in Mediterranean / North Africa.

Publication/Creation

c.1900-c.1910

Physical description

1 box [14 slides]

Notes

Information on Image 10 ("A Good Catch") comes from its appearance in "Crown and Realm: A Review of the British Empire its Builders and Rulers, Souvenir of the Coronation of King George V" (Burroughs Wellcome & Co, 1911)

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