Magic Lantern Slide: Group of four smiling boys
- Description
- This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows four young boys posing for the camera. 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, and was especially interested in local people and the clothing they wore.
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/984
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Group of four smiling boys
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Group of four smiling boys
- 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 501' on top edge; handwritten '501' on masking strip; handwritten 'S.C.P. Pag.' on bottom edge binding strip
