Magic Lantern Slide: N.C.O. Mess on P.S. 25 on Tigris to Baghdad
- Description
- This slide by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows the Non-Commissioned Officers mess on the PS 25 boat, on which he was travelling to Baghdad. This is a posed photograph with four men sitting laughing together, with towels hanging on the ships rails behind them. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920.
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/835
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: N.C.O. Mess on P.S. 25 on Tigris to Baghdad
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: N.C.O. Mess on P.S. 25 on Tigris to 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 77'[faded] on top edge; handwritten 'N.C.O. Mess on P.S. 25 on Tigris to Baghdad / A.O. Rowden / S.C.P. M.77 M.Q.2' on masking strip
- Family Group
- Dimensions
- whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Created At
- 2017-03-06 11:49:39
- Updated At
- 2020-01-28 11:44:50
