0388a_Caves_Ruins_Karnak_WPA_Scan_1939_1941_RG2920J

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In Folder: Division of Community Service- Writers' Project, Photos Caves - Mammoth Onyx Items (0338-0399), 1937-1940

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0388a_Caves_Ruins_Karnak_WPA_Scan_1939_1941_RG2920J

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title: "Ruins of Karnak - Mammoth Cave, Photo by Wigginton," Photo 0388, undated

creator: United States. Division of Community Service- Writers' Project

contributor: United States. Works Project Administration in Kentucky

date: 1939-1941

description: "Ruins of Karnak - Mammoth Cave, Photo by Wigginton," Photo 0388, undated, undated- scannedBlack and white photograph that shows large colonnade rock formations. Standing in the bottom right of the image are two small people. In a note attached to the photograph it reads " Ruins of Karnak - Mammoth Cave Photo by Wigginton. Massive and majestic, the Ruins of Karnak in Mammoth Cave is named for the world famous ruins of the ancient Egyptian temple on the east bank of the Nile near Thebes. Discovered in 1879, the six columns 25 feet in diameter and 80 feet high, are grouped in an impressive semi-circle."

subject: Mammoth Cave (Ky.)

subject: Caves--Kentucky

subject: Photography of caves

subject: Photographs

type: Image

identifier: Cav0388_M0047-A1992-464-RG2920J

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