Supporting material glass lantern slide from Nubia Sudan dated AD 1900s

Lantern Slide with black and white photograph of a railway station in the desert in Sudan. The focal point is an assemblage of railway equipment on and around three large cuboid mudbrick structures, forming the station. Two men in traditional Sudanese costume appear to be waiting for a train.
Location: Sudan
Label ‘Sudan Rail’
Label ‘Desert Station’

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1989.87.72
  • Material: film glass
  • Period: 20th century
  • Dated: AD 1900s
  • Object name: glass lantern slide
  • Dimensions: Length: 8.5 cm , Width: 8.5 cm