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Title:

A muezzin sounds the call to prayer in the Tunisian Village

Date of Original:

1933-1934

Identifier:

COP_17_0006_00237_001.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3w950n87

Type:

Image

Caption:

All the faithful Mohammedans turn their faces toward Mecca, every day at 4 p.m. as the mullah sounds the muezzin call in the Tunisian Village at the new World's Fair. The faithful Bedouin kneel on their prayer rugs and bow obeisance to Allah.

Rights:

In copyright

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic

Islam

Prayer

Photographer:

Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:

Photographs

Color:

Black and white

Extent:

9.5 x 7.5 in.

Exhibit:

Tunisian Village

Building Name:

Foreign Villages

Collection Information

Collection:

Century of Progress records

Show more details:

Series:

Series 17: Iconographics

Box:

6

Folder:

237

Repository:

University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)

Repository Collection Type:

Manuscript Collections

Repository Location:

Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White

Secretary of State.