Organisation: W.C. Hughes, lantern and slide dealer

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

Historical details of this organisation

Full name

W.C. Hughes

Short name

W.C. Hughes

Main area of activity

lantern and slide dealer

Date of foundation

1879

Date of winding-up

1938

Main period and nation of relevant activity

1870s-1930s, England

Known locations

Known date(s)

Connection

Location

1875-1883

business address

151 Hoxton Street, Old Street, London N, England

1883-1933

business address

Brewster House, 82 Mortimer Road, Kingsland Road, London N1, England

1933-1938

business address

132 Englefield Road, London N1, England

People linked to this organisation

BISHOP, Charles D. (1865-1942) – employee, 1890s-1918

HUGHES, W.C. (1844-1908) – owner, 1870s-1900s

References

‘Advertisements from the Optical Magic Lantern Journal of 1900’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 2

John Barnes, ‘The Barnes Museum: catalogue excerpts’ in NMLJ 1.2 (February 1979), pp. 5-6

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 141

Mike Smith, ‘Pamphengos pair’ in NMLJ 1.3 (March 1980), pp. 7-9

‘Prominent men in the lantern world: no. IV -- Mr W.C. Hughes’ in OMLJ 8.93 (February 1897)

Hermann Hecht, ‘Some English magic lantern patents’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 6

Lucerna ID 1000823

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 31 May 2020

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