Magic Lantern Slide: Homeward Bound: Loading kit on gharri at Magil, on leaving river steamer
This photograph by Alfred Rowden shows his military friends on their journey home to England. 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.
- 45/1960/95/1131
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Homeward Bound: Loading kit on gharri at Magil, on leaving river steamer
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M.877 Magil loading kit'[faded, illegible] on top edge; handwritten 'Homeward Bound. Loading kit on gharri at Magil, on leaving river steamer. / A.O. Rowden / S.C.P. M.877 M.Q.2' 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
