Organisation: Carpenter & Westley, slide manufacturer

Organisation history Slide manufacture Lantern hardware Texts published

Historical details of this organisation

Full name

Carpenter & Westley

Short name

Carpenter & Westley

Main area of activity

slide manufacturer

Date of foundation

1835

Date of winding-up

1940

Main period and nation of relevant activity

N/A, England

Related organisations

took over business of Philip Carpenter, 1835

Known locations

Known date(s)

Connection

Location

1835-1922

business address

24 Regent Street, London SW1, England

1922-1932

business address

4 Regent Street, London SW1, England

1933

business address

1 Regent Street, London SW1, England

1934-1940

business address

3 Regent Street, London SW1, England

People linked to this organisation

CARPENTER, Miss Mary (c.1788-1877) – partner, 1835-1877

WESTLEY, William (c.1807-1887) – partner, 1835-1877

WESTLEY, William (c.1807-1887) – owner, 1877-1887

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 56-57

David Henry, ‘Carpenter & Westley: opticians’ in NMLJ 3.1 (February 1984), pp. 8-9

Hermann Hecht, ‘Decalcomania: some preliminary investigations into the history of transfer slides’ in NMLJ 1.3 (March 1980), p. 3

Herman Bollaert and Ditmar Bollaert, ‘Phantasmagoriae’ in NMLJ 2.3 (January 1983), pp. 9-11

Lucerna ID 1000618

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 22 February 2011

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Organisation: Carpenter & Westley, slide manufacturer