PugJesusPeople along the Nile River, Egypt, ~1900?
https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2123205/people-along-the-nile-river-egypt-1900
Camels carrying grain, Morocco, 1917
https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2103675/camels-carrying-grain-morocco-1917
Starry Time PodcastJordan describing a 'compound word' that was a pop cultural 'moment that inspired songs, music, poems, musical sketches and high fashion'
immediately, me, thinking she was being a little tongue-in-cheek:
To find out what she was *actually* talking about, check out our most recent #podcast on #Camelopardalis / #giraffes in #PopCulture here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-pop-culture-superstar/
A camel visiting Le Faouët, France
https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2081699/a-camel-visiting-le-faouet-france
Passing traffic in Lebanon, ~1939
https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2046969/passing-traffic-in-lebanon-1939
Camel with solar cells, Djibouti
Didn’t know where else to put this, but I felt the urge to share it when I saw it, and thought you slrpnk folks might get a kick out of it!
EDIT: Since there’s some skepticism over the panel, the source I got it from:
https://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/2013-04-trail-notes-solar-camel/
“The only uncomplaining one is Madoita, the lead camel. He is both warmed and shaded by a $600 blanket of photovoltaic silicon cells. He is a belching, furry, ambulatory wall plug for my satellite phone. We take turns cleaning the dust from these cells with a cloth. A new chore on an ancient caravan trail: Wiping down your solar camel.”
Kalmyk soldier of Tsarist Russia riding a Bactrian Camel, Ukraine, WW1, 1915
Exhausted camel, Afghanistan, ~1940
https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2034393/exhausted-camel-afghanistan-1940
