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Photograph taken by Gertrude Bell in Iraq, March 1914

Description

Meissner Pasha (head of Baghdad Railway construction) and Mrs Tod (wife of Mr. Tod, head of Lynch's company) standing beside huge crane on dockside used in construction of railway. Arab men working crane, and boats moored at dockside

Reference code
GB/3/1/25/1/384
Creator
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
Creation Date
-
Former reference
Y_375
Photograph album
Location
Iraq ยป Baghdad
IIIF Manifest
https://collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/iiif/info/p21051coll153/7107/manifest.json