Magic Lantern Slide: Group of loaded donkeys walking across plain
- Description
- This photographic slide by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows a number of donkeys laden with bundles, and behind them a dust cloud blowing across the plain. 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.
- 45/1960/95/1093
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Group of loaded donkeys walking across plain
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Group of loaded donkeys walking across plain
- 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 771' on top edge; Handwritten 'S.C.P. 771 H.Q.' on masking strips
