Pearling Dhow anchored over a sub-marine fresh water spring about four miles off-shore at Jubail. Preparing to hoist the water sack on-board.

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Title Pearling Dhow anchored over a sub-marine fresh water spring about four miles off-shore at Jubail. Preparing to hoist the water sack on-board.
Photo Number p0561n02_05_04
Description Black and white photo showing Pearling Dhow anchored over a sub-marine fresh water spring about four miles off-shore at Jubail; the photo also showing divers preparing to hoist the fresh water sacks on-board; Jubayl, Saudi Arabia
Date 1955-11
Textual Date November 1955
Keywords Watercraft; Sailing vessels; Sailboats; Dhows; Pearl divers; Freediving; Men; Submarine groundwater discharge; Ropes; Noseclips; Animal skin containers; Waterskins
Subject Dhows--Photographs; Divers--Photographs; Springs--Saudi Arabia--Photographs; Jubayl (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs; Water bags (Containers)--Photographs
Spatial Coverage Jubayl (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
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 800 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF.
ARK ark:/87278/s65t524v
Setname uum_map
ID 994508
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65t524v
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