Desert caravan – Historic Print
![Desert caravan, [between 1890 and 1923] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cd/cdea749fb731-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Desert caravan
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Camels loaded for a long desert journey, with Bedouin herders as the figures tagged in its catalog record, mark this as a view of Arabia rather than a generic desert scene. The print comes from the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection at the Library of Congress. Frank Carpenter was an American travel writer who reported from many parts of the world for newspapers, and his photographs were made to illustrate that reporting. Camel caravans were the principal way goods and people crossed the Arabian interior at the time, so the picture records a working transport system as much as a landscape.
| Created / published | [between 1890 and 1923] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1930. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Arabia. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Bedouins; Camels. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,289 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149215 |
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