Photograph - 'Ouside one of the Mosques', Egypt, Captain Edward Albert McKenna, World War I, 1914-1915

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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 depicting the outside of a mosque in Egypt. The mosque itself is unspecified however it bears some similarities to the famous Amr Ibn El-Aas Mosque in Cairo, the first and oldest Mosque in Egypt.
Description:: Black and white silver gelatin photographic print.
Description Of Content:: Exterior of an Islamic style building with a smaller domed structure in front. Varying lengths of chain appear to be hanging vertically in front of both structures.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Mr J. Willis, 1986

Discipline:	Technology
Dimensions:	195 mm (Height), 159 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	wars conflicts, world war i 1914-1918, mosques
Themes this item is part of:	Public Life & Institutions Collection
Primary Classification:	MILITARY HISTORY
Secondary Classification:	Service
Tertiary Classification:	recreation & tourism
Inscriptions:	Hand-written in ink on the support to the right of the photograph: 'Outside / one / of the / Mosques' Hand-written in pencil on the back of the photograph: 'just outside the Mosque / 19'
Format:	Photograph: Black & White
Photographer:	Captain Edward McKenna, Egypt, 1914-1915
Place & Date Depicted:	Egypt, 1914-1915
Creator:	Elizabeth (Lillie) McKenna, Malvern, Victoria, Australia, circa 1918 Of Album