Magic Lantern Slide: A.O. Rowden holding small hand camera
This photograph shows Alfred Rowden holding a camera in his hands, as an early form of ‘selfie’. The photo must have been taken using a different camera with someone else operating it. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/995
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: A.O. Rowden holding small hand camera
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M 536' on top edge; handwritten '536' 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
