Magic Lantern Slide: Mid-day Siesta, Baghdad
- Description
- This photographic slide by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows the inside of a military tent in the camp at Baghdad, with two soldiers resting in the mid-day heat. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920. He photographed scenes like this to record his experiences.
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/1050
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Mid-day Siesta, Baghdad
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Mid-day Siesta, 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.685 Midday Siesta. Baghdad.' on top edge; handwritten 'Mid day Siesta. Baghdad. / A.O. Rowden. / S.C.P. M.685 M.Q.2' on masking strips
