Magic Lantern Slide: Group of four smiling boys
This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows four young boys posing for the camera. 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, and was especially interested in local people and the clothing they wore.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/984
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Group of four smiling boys
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M 501' on top edge; handwritten '501' on masking strip; handwritten 'S.C.P. Pag.' on bottom edge binding 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
