Title |
Pilgrims boarding bus for Mecca |
Photo Number |
p0561n02_09_09 |
Description |
Black and white photo showing Pilgrims boarding a bus, leaving Jiddah for Mecca; "Mecca, also transliterated as Makkah, is a city in the Hejaz and the capital of Makkah Province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located 70 km inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m above sea level"-- Wikipedia |
Creator |
Arabian American Oil Company |
Date |
1955-11 |
Textual Date |
November 1955 |
Keywords |
Saudi Aramco Jeddah; Cities and towns; Vehicles; Land vehicles; Freewheeled vehicles; Passenger vehicles; Buses; Men; Pilgrims; Ceremonial structures; Religious structures; Minarets; Snapshots |
Subject |
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs; Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Photographs; Jiddah (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs |
Spatial Coverage |
Jiddah (Saudi Arabia) |
Additional Information |
The photographs in the Wallace Earle Stegner Photograph Collection include portraits of Wallace Stegner, his wife Mary Page Stegner, their son Stuart Page Stegner, and one of his good friends, the writer Bernard DeVoto, as well as various photographs from trips he took that include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany, Italy, and Asia. |
Collection Number and Name |
P0561 Wallace Stegner Photograph Collection |
Collection Name |
Wallace Stegner |
Rights |
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Type |
Image |
Finding Aid |
http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35256/ |
Digitization Specifications |
Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, 24-bit color at 400 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF. |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6mp6k09 |
Setname |
uum_map |
ID |
994536 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mp6k09 |