Organisation: E.G. Wood, lantern and slide manufacturer and supplier

Organisation history Slide manufacture Slide sale/hire stock Lantern hardware Texts published Advertisements

Historical details of this organisation

Full name

E.G. Wood

Short name

E.G. Wood

Main area of activity

lantern and slide manufacturer and supplier

Date of foundation

1854

Date of winding-up

1939

Main period and nation of relevant activity

1850s-1930s, England

Notes

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 importance in 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 with Merritt and Hatcher

associated with William Wood & Co.

associated with George Wood

business taken over by Wood's Lantern Slides, 1930s?

Known locations

Known date(s)

Connection

Location

1861-1898

business address

74 Cheapside, London EC, England

1892

business address

416 The Strand, London, England

1898-1900

business address

1 & 2 Queen Street, Cheapside, London EC, England

1905-1933

business address

2 Queen Street, Cheapside, London EC4, England

1932-1939

business address

2 Copthall Street, London EC2, England

People 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

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 325-326

John Barnes, ‘The Barnes Museum: catalogue excerpts’ in NMLJ 1.2 (February 1979), p. 6

John Barnes (compiler), ‘A list of magic lantern manufacturers and dealers active in England during the 19th century’ in Magic images (1990), pp. 29-30

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 9.115 (December 1898)
– change of address

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 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’ in OMLJ 8.95 (April 1897)
– A.A. Wood as proprietor

Lucerna ID 1000567

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 6 September 2021

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Organisation: E.G. Wood, lantern and slide manufacturer and supplier