Magic Lantern Slide: Ezra's Tomb
This photograph by Alfred Rowden shows ‘Ezra’s Tomb’ on the banks of the river Tigris in Iraq. 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.
- 45/1960/95/1126
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Ezra's Tomb
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M.872 Ezra's Tomb' on top edge; handwritten 'Ezra's Tomb. / A.O. Rowden / Pag. Trans. M/872 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