Qanawat: Basalt Harvesters and Sellers

Date: c. 1938

Photographer John D. Whiting (d. 1951), who also worked as a tour guide, documents men in the southern Syrian town of Qanawat (El Kanawat) transporting slabs of basalt to be used for roofing.

Citation: Whiting, J. D. & Matson, G. E., photographer. (1938) Diary in Photos, vol. III, 1938. [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2007675285/ (last consulted: 13 February 2017).

Qanawat: Basalt Harvesters and Sellers
Date: c.1938

Photographer John D. Whiting documents men transporting slabs of basalt to be used for roofing.
Citation: Whiting, J. D. & Matson, G. E., photographer. (1938) Diary in Photos, vol. III, 1938.

Online Text: Retrieved from the Library of Congress