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Courtyard of a house in Mosul, before 1914

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Courtyard of a house in Mosul, before 1914

Place
Mosul · today Iraq
Mission

Courtyard of a Mosul house seen through an arch, with a woman seated at work and two men standing. Wigram's caption says it was occupied by the English ladies of the C.M.S. Medical Mission.

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Source

Wigram and Wigram, The Cradle of Mankind (1914), via Internet Archive (Cornell University Library copy)

W. A. Wigram and Edgar T. A. Wigram · Published 1914 in London; public domain. Cornell University Library: no known copyright restrictions in the United States.

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