Magic Lantern Slide: River bank with smoke or dust cloud rising
- Description
- This slide by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows smoke or dust rising from the bank of the river Tigris. This was probably taken while he was on board a boat to Baghdad which Rowden refers to as PS 25. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920.
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/836
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: River bank with smoke or dust cloud rising
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: River bank with smoke or dust cloud rising
- 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 78' on top edge; handwritten '78' 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
