Donkey Carrying Water Skin, Old Cairo, Egypt
Collection: Middle East
Title
Donkey Carrying Water Skin, Old Cairo, Egypt
Subject
Miṣr al-Qadīmah (Cairo, Egypt)
Description
On verso:
No. 207. DONKEY CARRYING WATERSKIN, OLD CAIRO, EGYPT.
The atmosphere in Egypt is extremely clear and dry, the temperature evenly hot, but not unbearably so, since during seven or eight months of the year a strong north wind tempers the heat in the daytime. Winter is the most delightful season, as the air is cool and balmy and the ground covered with verdure. It rains but rarely, not more than five or six times a year, in Cairo, and still less further up the river. As a consequence wells are few and far between, and the necessary supply of water, although restricted to the utmost necessity, has been a serious matter for the population during all of its history. Our picture represents a Fellah water peddler with his patient donkey and his waterskin. This skin is the untanned hide of a pig or goat, on the neck of which a tube of wood or horn is fastened, which when turned down allows the water to run into the vessel or mouth of the buyer.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
207
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “Donkey Carrying Water Skin, Old Cairo, Egypt,” Digital Canton, accessed November 21, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/521.
Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches
Title
Donkey Carrying Water Skin, Old Cairo, Egypt
Subject
Miṣr al-Qadīmah (Cairo, Egypt)
Description
On verso:
No. 207. DONKEY CARRYING WATERSKIN, OLD CAIRO, EGYPT.
The atmosphere in Egypt is extremely clear and dry, the temperature evenly hot, but not unbearably so, since during seven or eight months of the year a strong north wind tempers the heat in the daytime. Winter is the most delightful season, as the air is cool and balmy and the ground covered with verdure. It rains but rarely, not more than five or six times a year, in Cairo, and still less further up the river. As a consequence wells are few and far between, and the necessary supply of water, although restricted to the utmost necessity, has been a serious matter for the population during all of its history. Our picture represents a Fellah water peddler with his patient donkey and his waterskin. This skin is the untanned hide of a pig or goat, on the neck of which a tube of wood or horn is fastened, which when turned down allows the water to run into the vessel or mouth of the buyer.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
207
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “Donkey Carrying Water Skin, Old Cairo, Egypt,” Digital Canton, accessed November 21, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/521.Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches