Magic Lantern Slide: Tent and palm tree in camp
- Description
- This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows an encampment with a local man in the foreground and a palm tree on the right of the image. 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.
- 45/1960/95/928
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Tent and palm tree in camp
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Tent and palm tree in camp
- 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 372' on top edge; handwritten '372' on masking strip