Camels drinking water, Jawf, Saudi Arabia, 1947.
Title
Camels drinking water , 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 are camels at the watering trough . In the background is the derrick over the well that supplies the water .
Subject
Water Wells Animals Livestock Camels
Volume Number
149
Tab Heading
Camels
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 58539 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
58539
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