Pearling Dhow anchored over a sub-marine fresh water spring about four miles off-shore at Jubail. Divers preparing to collect water in camel skin water sack.

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Title Pearling Dhow anchored over a sub-marine fresh water spring about four miles off-shore at Jubail. Divers preparing to collect water in camel skin water sack.
Photo Number p0561n02_05_01
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 collect fresh water in a camel skin water sack; 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
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/s6k3797b
Setname uum_map
ID 994512
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k3797b
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