Bedouin herders watching animals drinking, Jawf, Saudi Arabia, 1947.
Title
Bedouin herders watching animals drinking , Jawf , Saudi Arabia , 1947 .
Creator
Corsini, Harold, 1919-2008 (photographer)
Description
The well that provides water for the camels , sheep and goats that graze in the area was originally drilled to supply water for a wildcat drilling operation . When the wildcat well was completed the water well was turned over to King Ibn Saud for the watering of his camels and for the sheep and goats of the bedouin tribesmen who tend the King's camels . Here the Amir Faisal Ibn Shablan (right) in charge of the well and the watering of the King's camels and as assistant sit on the trough where the camels are watered .
Subject
People Men Wells
Volume Number
151
Tab Heading
Arabs and Other Groups
Location Depicted
Jawf (Saudi Arabia : Province)
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Asia
Date Original
1947-08
Object Type
Safety film negatives
Source
2.25 x 2.25 in. b&w safety film negative. Item no. SONJ 58542 in the Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection, University of Louisville photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/sonj/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
58542
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