- Collection type
- Photograph
- Description
- A man prepares to smoke a hookah pipe with the steadying hand of a friend outside a shop selling 'Chelsea' and 'Lucky Strike' cigarettes and other items including 'Brasso'.
- Cultural groups
- Arab
- Person
- Photographer Ilo Alexander Battigelli
- Expedition or compiler Ilo Alexander Battigelli (Saudi Arabia, 1946-1954)
- Expedition or compiler Ilo Alexander Battigelli
- PRM source Pauline Battigelli
- PRM source Danielle Battigelli
- PRM source Michelle Mesley
- Date / Period
- Date of photograph: 1946 - 1954
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 29/04/2017
- Photographic process
- Print gelatin silver
- Dimensions
- Length x Width 123 x 100 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2017.115.1355.2 Previous other number: BAT.1414
Search terms: Street Life, Narcotic
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