Summary

One of 139 photographs in an album from World War I likely to have been taken by Captain Edward Albert McKenna. The photographs include the 7th Battalion training in Mena Camp, Egypt, and sight-seeing.

Image depicted the Hippopotamus at the Cairo Zoo. The Cairo Zoo appears to have been a popular tourist attraction for the troops during their time in Egypt and by the middle of the 20th century it was considered one of the best in the world.

Description of Content

Image depicts an hippopotamus in a cage who is being fed by a local person.

Physical Description

Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.

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