State Library of South Australia

World War 1 in the Middle East [B 63297/74] • Photograph

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Summary

ALBUM: A collection of 110 photographs taken during World War I in the Middle East by a German photographer, name not known, who was eventually captured by the Australian 3rd Light Horse; topics include military forces from Germany, Turkey, Great Britain and Australia, the indigenous people, buildings, and landscapes. The captions have been copied from those that were written on the original lantern slides.

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Physical description

Positive (lantern slide, b&w); 8.3 cm x 8.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1916

Collections

Part of Middle East Album
Part of Album Collection

Subject

Kaines, John Archer Proctor, 1896-1975
World War, 1914-1918 -- Middle East
Middle East -- History, Military
Middle East -- History 1914-1923

Catalogue record

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General notes

Contents include: 12.Executed men hanging outside the Jaffa Gate, Old Jerusalem, during the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by Turkish soldiers; 37.Soldiers at Jaffa Gate, Old Jerusalem; 36.Jaffa Gate, Old Jerusalem.

Historical information

This collection was originally in the care of Jack Kaines who served as a dispatch rider in France during World War I and had his motorcycle shot from under him about eight times; he founded the Birdwood Mill Museum in South Australia during the early nineteen sixties and died in 1975. A photocopy of his poem: 'The voice of the bursting shell' is filed in the album of photoprints.

Digitisation information

Date

20/03/2009

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,247 x 5,282 pixels (27.7 MP)

Size

83.18 MB

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