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Water Carriers, Nile

 

Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Sakka, or water-carrier, with his goatskin of water, carried either by himself or by a donkey, still plies his trade in Cairo, although the water works supply every house in the city, as well as the public sebils (fountains) with water, and though on many houses there are brass tubes though which passers-by may take a draught from the main pipes."

 

Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides

 

Item Number: P217:set 020 027

 

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Uploaded on August 18, 2010
Taken circa 1915