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 the outside of a mosque in Egypt. The mosque itself is unspecified however it bears some similarities to the famous Amr Ibn El-Aas Mosque in Cairo, the first and oldest Mosque in Egypt.
Description of Content
Exterior of an Islamic style building with a smaller domed structure in front. Varying lengths of chain appear to be hanging vertically in front of both structures.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.
More Information
-
Collection Names
Returned and Services League (RSL) Collection, Military Memorabilia Collection
-
Collecting Areas
-
Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr J. Willis, circa 1986
-
Photographer
-
Place & Date Depicted
-
Creator
Elizabeth (Lillie) M. McKenna, Malvern, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1918
Of Album -
Format
Photograph, Black & White
-
Inscriptions
Hand-written in ink on the support to the right of the photograph: 'Outside / one / of the / Mosques' Hand-written in pencil on the back of the photograph: 'just outside the Mosque / 19'
-
Classification
-
Category
-
Discipline
-
Type of item
-
Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
159 mm (Width), 195 mm (Height)
-
Image Dimensions - Photograph
110 mm (Width), 80 mm (Height)
-
Keywords