Magic Lantern Slide: E.F.C. Compound, Advance Base, Baghdad
- Description
- This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden is shows the Expeditionary Force Canteen compound within the Advance Base at Baghdad, Iraq. 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.
- 45/1960/95/929
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: E.F.C. Compound, Advance Base, Baghdad
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: E.F.C. Compound, Advance Base, 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 374 E.F.C. Compound' on top edge; handwritten 'E.F.C. Compound. Adv. Base, Baghdad / A.O. Rowden / Pag. Trans. M/374 H.Q Br' on masking strips
- Family Group
- Dimensions
- whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Created At
- 2017-05-08 09:13:46
- Updated At
- 2020-01-28 11:44:51
