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Magic lantern original glass slides in good condition (I have no projector/ convertor to achieve a great result on the pics included on this listing and so, the imagery may show pixilation, distortion, moirépatterns...etc which, along with the watermark, won\'t be on the actual slide imagery of course!)
As the pics included on the listing are a montage of the actual slides for sale, they will be missing some imagery that appears on the slides due to cropping!!!
I have a number of these vintage slides (the majority of which have been produced by E.G. Wood, 1&2 Queens Street, Cheapside, London - see below for details), ranging between the late 19th and early 20th century so, please be sure to check out my other listings!
Unfortunately, I haven\'t the time to fully research all of the slides (albeit, have done some amount of research!), I am not 100% certain that some of the buildings/ cities/ dates...etc specified in the listing title are correct so, please be sure to do your own research to confirm!
Thanks for looking
Historical details of this organisationFull nameE.G. WoodShort nameE.G. WoodMain area of activitylantern and slide manufacturer and supplierDate of foundation1854Date of winding-up1939Main period and nation of relevant activity1850s-1930s,EnglandNotes
The date of foundation is the date Edward George Wood first left the partnership of Horne, Thornthwaite & Wood (he later returned).
The business continued to trade as E.G. Wood long after the death of Wood himself. The optical side of the business appears to have declined in importancein about 1933, after the death of Fred Horsey, with the remaining business being in photography and radio supply. The business finally closed on Christmas Eve 1939.
Related organisations
associated withMerritt and Hatcher
associated withWilliam Wood & Co.
associated withGeorge Wood
business taken over byWood\'s Lantern Slides, 1930s?
Known locationsKnown address74 Cheapside, London EC, England1892business address416 The Strand, London, England1898-1900business address1 & 2 Queen Street, Cheapside, London EC, England1905-1933business address2 Queen Street, Cheapside, London EC4, England1932-1939business address2 Copthall Street, London EC2, EnglandPeople linked to this organisation
ALFRED, Joseph(fl.1870s) – employee, 1876
HORSEY, Fred(1869-1933) – owner, 1901-1933
WOOD, A.A., F.C.S.(1846-1900) – owner, 1895-1900
WOOD, E.G.(1811-1896) – owner, 1854-1895
Archive source
Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913, (unknown), t18761120-31 – victim in case of obtaining goods by deception
ReferencesDavid Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors),Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern(London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 325-326John Barnes,‘The Barnes Museum: catalogue excerpts’inNMLJ 1.2(February 1979), p. 6John Barnes (compiler),‘A list of magic lantern manufacturers and dealers active in England during the 19th century’inMagic images(1990), pp. 29-30‘Notes’inOMLJ 9.115(December 1898)
–change of address‘Notes’inOMLJ 12.143(April 1901)
–meeting of creditors after A.A. Wood\'s death‘Prominent men in the lantern world: no. VI -- Mr A.A. Wood’inOMLJ 8.95(April 1897)
–A.A. Wood as proprietorLucerna ID 1000567
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 6September 2021
