Two-masted gaiassas and houseboats moored to the bank of a narrow channel on the River Nile at Cairo, Egypt.

Two two-masted gaiassas moored to the bank of a narrow channel on the River Nile at Cairo, Egypt. The nearest vessel is numbered 5903, her high stem is quite distinctive and her hold is empty. The gaiassa astern is fully laden and a line of houseboats stretch into the distance. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P93838
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1927-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 167 mm x 116 mm