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BPLDC no.: 08_04_000326

Page Title: Hammam Meskoutine. Accursed baths

Collection: Tupper Scrapbooks Collection

Album: Volume 1: Algeria.

Call no.: 4098B.104 v1 (p. 2)

Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn

Photographer: ND. Phot.

Genre: Scrapbooks; Albumen prints

Extent: 1 photographic print mounted on page : albumen ; page 33 x 39 cm.

Description: Scrapbook page contains one photograph of the "accursed baths" in Hammam Meskoutine, Algeria. Annotated information describes the topography of the site.

Transcription: Baths known to and used by the Romans. Temperature of water 203° Fahr [i.e. Fahrenheit], only surpassed by the Geysers Iceland 208° - Las Trincheras South America 206°. The water from these hot springs descending into a ravine forms a beautiful rock cascade of creamy white color.

Notes: Page description supplied by cataloger, derived from captions and/or annotated information.; Caption on image: 227 Hammam Meskoutine. - Cascade d'Eau Chaude; Photograph probably by the firm Neurdein frères.

BPL Department: Print Department

Rights: No known restrictions.

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  • Camera: Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW, Sinar m
  • License: CC BY 2.0
  • User: Boston Public Library BPL
Date circa 1892
date QS:P,+1892-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
  • Flickr upload date: 2010-03-03 10:57:08
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