Magic Lantern Slide: Soldier with children at Christian street procession
This photographic slide by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows part of Christian procession with British soldiers and local children. 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.
- 45/1960/95/1082
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Soldier with children at Christian street procession
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M 735'[faded] on top edge; handwritten '735' on masking strip; handwritten 'S.C.P. Am.' on bottom 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