Magic Lantern Slide: Woman and girl fetching water
This photographic slide by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows a a woman and child collecting water from the river. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920. He photographed scenes like this to record his experiences.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/1054
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Woman and girl fetching water
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M 695' on top edge; handwritten 'Arab woman + girl fetching water.[? -- mostly faded] / A.O. Rowden Class C. Set 2. / Mespot Scenes. 695' on masking strips; printed '49' and '83' on labels
- Period Classification
- World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Date
- 1920
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
