Wikimedia Commons

File:Hammam Meskoutine. Accursed baths.jpg

Original file ‎(1,500 × 1,361 pixels, file size: 464 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Description
English:  

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.

Flickr data on 2011-08-15:

  • 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
Source Flickr: Hammam Meskoutine. Accursed baths
Author

William Vaughn Tupper

  • Flickr uploader BPL
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This image, which was originally posted to Flickr, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 15 August 2011, 11:39 by Faebot. On that date, it was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the CC BY 2.0.
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
Other versions
This file has an extracted image: Hammam Meskoutine. Accursed baths (cropped).jpg.
lang=en

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current11:40, 15 August 2011Thumbnail for version as of 11:40, 15 August 20111,500 × 1,361 (464 KB)Flickr upload bot (talk | contribs)Uploaded from http://flickr.com/photo/24029425@N06/4476768620 using Flickr upload bot

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Hammam_Meskoutine._Accursed_baths.jpg&oldid=435561458"