Magic Lantern Slide: Street scene with mosque
This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows a mosque with a street scene in front. It is likely to be the Haydar Khana Mosque in Baghdad which Rowden had taken another picture of from a different angle (see slide 45/1960/95/843). This mosque was built in the Ottoman period. The image was taken by Rowden in Mesopotamia, where he served during the First World War until he was sent home in 1919 or 1920. He photographed daily scenes like this to record his experiences.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/891
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Street scene with mosque
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M 276' on top edge; handwritten 'S.C.P. 276' on masking 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
