Magic Lantern Slide: Christian procession in street
This photographic slide by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows a crowded street scene surrounding a Christian procession. 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.
- 45/1960/95/1080
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Christian procession in street
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M 729' on top edge; handwritten '729' on masking strip; handwritten 'S.C.P. Am.'[faded] on top edge binding strip
- 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
