Egyptian labor on deck in France – Vintage Print
(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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Step back in time with Egyptian labor on deck in France, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Egyptian labor on deck in France
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Workers from Egypt are shown on a ship's deck in France, according to the caption that Bain News Service attached to the negative, though the record gives no date to confirm it. If the label is accurate, the scene likely belongs to the First World War, when the British Army recruited men from Egypt into the Egyptian Labour Corps. Those laborers were assigned to French ports and supply depots, where they loaded and unloaded cargo, and the picture reflects that wartime logistics work. Bain News Service was a New York news photo agency, so the image was probably made for newspaper use.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,760 × 4,216 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26994 |
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