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 depicting a water seller in Cairo and one of his customers. According to the caption the sellers wore very bright clothing.
Description of Content
The central figure is a male in what appears to be native dress carrying a large vessel of some kind and cups. To the right of him there is a man, also in native dress. who seems to be wiping his nose with something. There is a group of three to the left of these men, two of these figures appear to be women. In the background there a handful of other figures in native dress and behind these figures there is what appears to be a fence. Behind the fence there appears to be two structures of some kind.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.
More Information
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Collection Names
Returned and Services League (RSL) Collection, Military Memorabilia Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr J. Willis, circa 1986
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Photographer
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Place & Date Depicted
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Creator
Elizabeth (Lillie) M. McKenna, Malvern, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1918
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Hand-written in ink on the support to the left of the photograph: 'a / water / seller in / Cairo. / They wear / very / bright / Coloured / clothes' Hand-written in pencil on the back of the photograph: 'Water seller in the street at Cairo / man on the right has just had one / They wear very bright coloured clothes / 19'
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Classification
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
116 mm (Width), 85 mm (Height)
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Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
159 mm (Width), 195 mm (Height)
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