Collection of First World War negatives purchased from Eric Keast Burke (Keast Burke) Accession Number: J01989

Description

Portraits of 19486 Sapper William B Nelson on left and 20569 Sapper Cecil Alfred Fordham, (partially obscured) both of D Troop 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron, standing near the relic known as Agar Guf, which is 9 miles west of Baghdad. Agar Guf is a relic of the temple tower of the city Dur Kurigalzu of the Kassitez Babylonians. It was about 3,200 years old in 1918. The relic is made of mud bricks and straw matting is remarkably well preserved.

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Accession Number
J01989
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Nitrate
Date Made
c 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor E K Burke
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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