Magic Lantern Slide: Poling Mahaila, River Tigris
- Description
- This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows a group of men with a ‘mahela’ boat on the river Tigris. This is the same image as slide 45/1960/95/979. 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.
- 45/1960/95/980
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Poling Mahaila, River Tigris
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Poling Mahaila, River Tigris
- 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 496 Poling Mahaea' on top edge; handwritten 'Poling Mahaila R. Tigris. / A.O. Rowden. / M/496 Amidol' on masking strips
