Magic Lantern Slide: British soldier watching man unloading crate
This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows a British military man and a local man unloading items from a vehicle. 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.
- 45/1960/95/996
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: British soldier watching man unloading crate
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M.538'[faded] on top edge; handwritten '538.' on masking strip; handwritten 'S.C.P. D.50' 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