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 of Egyptian women washing items at the Bedrashen canal. Bedrashen is small village near Saqqara, Egypt.
Description of Content
Left bank of a body of water in the foreground. On this bank there is a group of women in native dress who appear to be washing something in the water. A serviceman can be seen in the foreground to the left of the image and disappearing out of frame. On the opposite bank there is vegetation.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.
More Information
-
Collection Names
Military Memorabilia Collection, Returned and Services League (RSL) 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 underneath the photograph: 'View of native women washing / at a Canal at Bedrashen.' Hand-written in pencil on the back of the photograph: 'View of native women / washing at a Canal / at Bedrashen / 54'
-
Classification
-
Category
-
Discipline
-
Type of item
-
Image Dimensions - Photograph album page
159 mm (Width), 195 mm (Height)
-
Image Dimensions - Photograph
68 mm (Width), 42 mm (Height)
-
Keywords