Public relationsCompagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, Tourism, Tourism--Egypt--20th Century, Railroad companies, Railroad companies--France, Great Sphinx (Egypt), Pyramids, Pyramids--Egypt
Vintage travel issued by the French railway company "Chemins de fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée" (Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean Railway Company,... Show moreVintage travel issued by the French railway company "Chemins de fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée" (Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean Railway Company, usually known simply as the P.L.M.) advertising the services connecting Paris to Alexandria and Port Said in Egypt. The poster depicts the Pyramids, the Great Sphinx and a man on a camel. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The poster is signed "H . T. G[?]anconville", inscribed "Nancy - Chromotypographie Berger-Levrault & Cie - Ateliers artistiques", Stamped "Timbre mes 2/10 en sus cen. 20 Oudiné –Tasset ". Text continues: "Paris à Alexandrie: Billets simples 1re Classe 395 F. 2e Classe 275 F. Aller & Retour 1ere Classe 733 F. 2e Classe 508 F. Valable 4 mois. Paris à Port-Said: Billet simples 1re cl. 435 F. ou 471 F. 2e cl. 290 F. ou 310 F. Aller & Retour 1re cl. 805 F. (I) ou 818 (II) F. 2e cl. 530 F. (II) ou 571 F. (I). (I) Valables 4 mois. (II) Valables 3 mois" (Paris to Alexandria: Single tickets 1st Class 395 F. 2nd Class 275 F. Round trip 1st Class 733 F. 2nd Class 508 F. Valid for 4 months. Paris to Port-Said: Single ticket 1st cl. 435 F. or 471 F. 2e cl. 290 F. or 310 F. Round trip 1st cl. 805 F. (I) or 818 (II) F. 2nd cl. 530 F. (II) or 571 F. (I). (I ) Valid for 4 months. (II) Valid for 3 months). Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0172 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26222966 BIB-ID: 2802162 Show less
Public relationsCompagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, Tourism, Tourism--Egypt--20th Century, Railroad companies, Railroad companies--France, Great Sphinx (Egypt), Pyramids, Pyramids--Egypt
Vintage travel issued by the French railway company "Chemins de fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée" (Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean Railway Company,... Show moreVintage travel issued by the French railway company "Chemins de fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée" (Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean Railway Company, usually known simply as the P.L.M.) advertising the services connecting Paris to Alexandria and Port Said in Egypt. The poster depicts the Pyramids, the Great Sphinx and a man on a camel. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The poster is signed "H . T. G[?]anconville", inscribed "Nancy - Chromotypographie Berger-Levrault & Cie - Ateliers artistiques", Stamped "Timbre mes 2/10 en sus cen. 20 Oudiné –Tasset ". Text continues: "Paris à Alexandrie: Billets simples 1re Classe 395 F. 2e Classe 275 F. Aller & Retour 1ere Classe 733 F. 2e Classe 508 F. Valable 4 mois. Paris à Port-Said: Billet simples 1re cl. 435 F. ou 471 F. 2e cl. 290 F. ou 310 F. Aller & Retour 1re cl. 805 F. (I) ou 818 (II) F. 2e cl. 530 F. (II) ou 571 F. (I). (I) Valables 4 mois. (II) Valables 3 mois" (Paris to Alexandria: Single tickets 1st Class 395 F. 2nd Class 275 F. Round trip 1st Class 733 F. 2nd Class 508 F. Valid for 4 months. Paris to Port-Said: Single ticket 1st cl. 435 F. or 471 F. 2e cl. 290 F. or 310 F. Round trip 1st cl. 805 F. (I) or 818 (II) F. 2nd cl. 530 F. (II) or 571 F. (I). (I ) Valid for 4 months. (II) Valid for 3 months). Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0158 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26220106 BIB-ID: 2802162 Show less
Water harvesting, Water harvesting--Egypt--Photographs, People
The photograph shows veiled women and children collecting water and a men on camelback. In the background palms and a herd of sheep. The photographs... Show moreThe photograph shows veiled women and children collecting water and a men on camelback. In the background palms and a herd of sheep. The photographs is signed, numbered (170) and titled in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0048 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24450844 BIB-ID: 2537231 "The Zangaki brothers produced some of the finest images of late Victorian Egypt, yet so little is known about them. They were probably Greek Cypriots, although it has been suggested they may have come from Crete. Nothing is known of them before their first photographs were published in Egypt in the late 1870s, and even the names of the brothers themselves is unknown. It has been suggested their initials were C and G, and indeed early 20th century photographic postcards bearing the name C Zangaki have been located. Their photographs, however, were simply identified as Zangaki, the letter Z being frequently mistaken for a stylized L in several books, resulting in their work being incorrectly ascribed to Langaki. Indeed, until relatively recently, there was assumed to be one photographer with the name of A Zangaki until the discovery of a signboard bearing the legend Adelphoi Zangaki confirmed that the images were the work of brothers. While their GreekCypriot or Cretanroots are confirmed, the horse-drawn darkroom van with which they toured the length of the Nile bore the legend Zangaki Brothers, and to further confuse matters, the majority of their images are titled (in the negatives) in French. Amongst many fine images are photographs taken after the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, and some eloquent commentaries on the popularity of the Grand Tour of Egypt in the 1880s." See Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography / John Hannavy ed., Routledge, New York, 2008, p. 1521. Show less