Magic Lantern Slide: Poling Mahela, R. Tigris
This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows a group of men with a ‘mahela’ boat on the river Tigris. This is the same image as slide 45/1960/95/980. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920. He photographed daily scenes like this to record his experiences.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/979
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Poling Mahela, R. Tigris
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- Handwritten 'M 496 Poling Mahela' on top edge; Handwritten 'Poling Mahela / R. Tigris' on masking strip at top; 'A.O. Rowden' on masking strip at side; 'Pag. Trans.', 'M/496'; 'H.Q. / B.[?]' on masking strip at bottom
- 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
