Photo of the day: Hail in 1914
Gertrude Bell took this view of the rooftops of the Arabian city of Hail in march 1914. Her collection of pictures at the University of Newcastle is a treasure trove.
Gertrude Bell
A couple more pictures from the Gertrude Bell archives
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The archives of Gertrude Bell, “Uncrowned Queen of Iraq”
The archives of Gertrude Bell, sometimes referred to as the “Uncrowned Queen of Iraq” ( how I hate that title!), are at Newcastle University in the UK. If you do not know who Gertrude Bell is, or simply wish to know more about her, then click here. The archives include this first photo of a Shammar … Read more