Magic Lantern Slide: Baghdad workers
- Description
- This photographic slide by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows a local man very heavily laden with a large bale on his back. 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.
- 45/1960/95/1036
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Baghdad workers
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Baghdad workers
- 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 636 636' on top edge; handwritten 'Bagh[...] [...]col / Baghdad Workers. Class F11 Set 3. / 636 / A.O. Rowden' on masking strips
