N.N. - [Private Album with 30 Silver gelatine prints from a journey through Egypt and along the Nile.] - 1905
[Private album with 30 Silver gelatine prints from a journey through Egypt and along the Nile.] S. a. [approx. 1905] . 24: 11 cm (album) ; 17. 5: 5. 7 cm (photos) . 30 silver gelatine prints tipped on cardboard, bound in private dark blue calico. Private album documenting a journey through Egypt and along the Nile with 30 mounted silver gelatine prints in unusual panoramic format. Contents: The photographies from around 1905 show market scenes, a wonderful sunset, the Alexandria harbor, ancient sites (Giza pyramids etc.) , the Aswan Low Dam, cattle and herdsmen at a waterhole, a train in the desert and travel activity at Tell El Kebir railway station, a luna park, groups of Nubians youngsters, nomads with dromedaries infront of their tents, etc. Condition: Some of the photos very slightly foxy and worn, otherwise a collection of spledid preservation.
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[Private album with 30 Silver gelatine prints from a journey through Egypt and along the Nile.] S. a. [approx. 1905] . 24: 11 cm (album) ; 17. 5: 5. 7 cm (photos) . 30 silver gelatine prints tipped on cardboard, bound in private dark blue calico. Private album documenting a journey through Egypt and along the Nile with 30 mounted silver gelatine prints in unusual panoramic format. Contents: The photographies from around 1905 show market scenes, a wonderful sunset, the Alexandria harbor, ancient sites (Giza pyramids etc.) , the Aswan Low Dam, cattle and herdsmen at a waterhole, a train in the desert and travel activity at Tell El Kebir railway station, a luna park, groups of Nubians youngsters, nomads with dromedaries infront of their tents, etc. Condition: Some of the photos very slightly foxy and worn, otherwise a collection of spledid preservation.
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