M0008639: Boys receiving their wages at the camp at Jebel Moya, Sudan, c.1912-1913 / M0008640: Men moving a a boulder at Jebel Moya, Sudan, c.1912-1913

Date:: 27 May 1942

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/75/57

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0008576-M0008691WT/D/1/20/1/75
        M0008639: Boys receiving their wages at the camp at Jebel Moya, Sudan, c.1912-1913 / M0008640: Men moving a a boulder at Jebel Moya, Sudan, c.1912-1913WT/D/1/20/1/75/57

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M0008639: Boys receiving their wages at the camp at Jebel Moya, Sudan, c.1912-1913 / M0008640: Men moving a a boulder at Jebel Moya, Sudan, c.1912-1913. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced September 2020: Boys receiving their wages camp at Jebel Moya, Sudan.

Previous title, replaced September 2020: 'Hauling a boulder' at Jebel Moya, Sudan.

Description

Two images on one negative: a photograph of the boy workers receiving their wages at the camp at the Jebel Moya archaeological excavations, Sudan and a photograph of workers moving a boulder during the construction of the "House of Boulders", which was to be Sir Henry Wellcome's headquarters at Jebel Moya, although it was only finished just before Wellcome left for the last time in 1914.

Publication/Creation

27 May 1942

Physical description

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Subjects

Excavations (Archaeology)

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