Magic Lantern Slide: Makina, Basrah, Church Army Hut Sundays
This photograph by Alfred Rowden shows the church inside the military compound at Basra, Iraq. The photo was probably intended to be seen alongside slide 45/1960/95/1134. 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.
- 45/1960/95/1135
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Makina, Basrah, Church Army Hut Sundays
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- illegible handwritten title on top edge; handwritten 'Makina Basran Church Army Hut Sundays / A.O. Rowden / S.C.P. M.883 M.Q2' 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
