A kneeling camel, with a cacolet attached to its back, used to transport injured soldiers during World War I: a western military man is shown standing beside the camel, with desert tents seen pitched in the background. Photograph copied from a print by Dr. Balfour, 1916.

  • Balfour, Andrew, Sir, 1873-1931.
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1916
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581921i
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1916

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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 10.1 x 7.8 cm

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[Typewritten on piece of paper pasted to verso and faint pencil inscription on verso] Title, Camel cacolet ; Source, Copied from a print of Dr. Balfour, June, 1916 ...

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Wellcome Collection 581921i

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