Magic Lantern Slide: Herd of cattle grazing at river bank
- Description
- This slide by Alfred Owen Rowden shows a herd of cows gazing at a river bank. The previous slide in the set shows the tomb of Ezra, which suggests this is the Tigris river. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920.
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/829
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Herd of cattle grazing at river bank
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Herd of cattle grazing at river bank
- 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 62' on top edge; handwritten '62' on masking strip
