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
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Trucks derailed by storm, Baghdad
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Trucks derailed by storm, Baghdad
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
- Period Classification
- World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Production Date
- 1920
- 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
- Family Group
- Dimensions
- whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Created At
- 2017-05-08 09:13:48
- Updated At
- 2020-01-28 11:44:52
