Making Arabian style plaster, Qaṭīf, Saudi Arabia, 1947.
Title
Making Arabian style plaster , Qaṭīf , Saudi Arabia , 1947 .
Creator
Corsini, Harold (photographer)
Description
Qatif , Al Hasa . Making "juss ", an Arabian type of plaster . Limestone rocks collected from mud flats are crushed and then burned . Trunks of dead palm trees are used as fuel .
Subject
Men Employees Fire Plants Trees Rocks
Volume Number
148
Tab Heading
Arab Housing Construction Materials
Location Depicted
Qaṭīf (Saudi Arabia)
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Asia
Date Original
1947-06
Object Type
Safety film negatives
Source
2.25 x 3.25 in. b&w safety film negative. Item no. SONJ 57797 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
57797
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