Magic Lantern Slide: We jamb in the Narrows, River Tigris
This photograph by Alfred Rowden shows a scene on the river Tigris in which the boat has become stuck. 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.
- 45/1960/95/1121
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: We jamb in the Narrows, River Tigris
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M 857 Jamb in Narrows.' on top edge; handwritten 'We jamb[sic] in the Narrows. R. Tigris. / A.O. Rowden / Pag. Trans. M/857 H.Q Br.' on masking strips
- 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
