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Assyrian family in front of their tent, Baqubah refugee camp

Place: Baqubah · today Iraq
Date: 1920s

A family group of men, women and children in traditional dress stands before a bell tent; the lantern slide is hand-labelled "Bakuba Refugee Camp" and "Bonham 7". Lucerna dates the slide set to about 1920.

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Lucerna Magic Lantern Web Resource; Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter (Rowden Collection)

Assyrian family in front of their tent, Baqubah refugee camp

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