- Collection type
- Photograph
- Description
- View of Edward Ross sat inside a concrete basin connected to a narrow viaduct in an oasis in Kebili, Tunisia. The viaduct is presumably used to carry water from the oasis for use by local people in the area.
- Person
- Named Person Edward Shearman Ross
- Photographer Edward Shearman Ross
- PRM source Sandra Miller Ross
- Date / Period
- Date of photograph: 05/1981
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 14/12/2018
- Photographic process
- Transparency Kodachrome
- Dimensions
- Image dimension 35 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2018.313.2800
Search terms: Vessel, Recreation, Water Supply, Landscape/View
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