Rocks used to create plaster, Qaṭīf, Saudi Arabia, 1947.
Title
Rocks used to create plaster , Qaṭīf , Saudi Arabia , 1947 .
Creator
Corsini, Harold, 1919-2008 (photographer)
Description
Qatif . Juss , a crude plaster , is manufactured from rocks a from a type of mud formed near the shore of the Persian Gulf . The mud is dried into cakes then broken up into pieces and burned . The burned mud is then crushed into a powder which is bagged and sold to be used in the construction of house walls .
Subject
Trees Rocks Dirt Earth
Volume Number
148
Tab Heading
Arab Housing Construction Materials
Location Depicted
Qaṭīf (Saudi Arabia)
Country
Saudi Arabia
Region
Asia
Date Original
1947
Object Type
Safety film negatives
Source
2.25 x 2.25 in. b&w safety film negative. Item no. SONJ 58778 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
58778
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