Magic Lantern Slide: Trucks derailed by storm, Baghdad
- Description
- This photographic slide by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows railway trucks belonging to the ‘Mesopotamian Railways’ which have become derailed. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920. He photographed daily scenes like this to record his experiences.
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/1025
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Trucks derailed by storm, Baghdad
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Trucks derailed by storm, Baghdad
- Dimensions
- whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Period Classification
- World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Date
- 1920
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
- Inscription / Transcription
- handwritten 'M 610 Derailment' on top edge; handwritten 'Trucks derailed by storm Baghdad. / A.O. Rowden / Bar. Gas. M/610 H.Q.Br.' on masking strips
