Magic Lantern Slide: Local people with donkeys
- Description
- This slide by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows local people in Mesopotamia using donkeys as a form of transport. Donkeys had been for transport and ploughing in Mesopotamia since ancient times and continue to be used today. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920. He photographed daily scenes like this to record his experiences.
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/861
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Local people with donkeys
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Local people with donkeys
- 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 173' on top edge; handwritten '173' on masking strip
