11. Photo 1123/2(56)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1123/2(56)
- Title:
- Basra, Mesopotamia (Iraq), 1915-16. Erection of a radio station. The four masts being erected amid the date palm trees. Photographer: Cameron, John Gordon Patrick
- Scope & Content:
- Showing labourers at work, with a wagon advertising beer on the right ('The derelict cart alongside the winch was sadly empty of beer!'). Prints 47-56 all illustrate scenes connected with the building of the radio station. Photograph uncredited, but probably by Cameron.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1915-1916
- Extent:
- 1 item