Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Zangaki" and numbered (107) in the negative. Main Heritage Compact... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Zangaki" and numbered (107) in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0090 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2647685x BIB-ID: 2830244 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The print is titled, numbered (20) and signed "P. Sebah, Phot:" in the negative. Main Heritage... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The print is titled, numbered (20) and signed "P. Sebah, Phot:" in the negative. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.25171-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2648092x BIB-ID: 2830454 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript caption on the mount. The print is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. Main Heritage... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript caption on the mount. The print is signed "A. Beato" in the negative. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0022 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26480852 BIB-ID: 2830447 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned, numbered (855) and signed "Zangaki" Main Heritage Display General HC.HP... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned, numbered (855) and signed "Zangaki" Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0092 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26480918 BIB-ID: 2830453 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned, numbered (225) and signed "Zangaki" Main Heritage Display General HC.HP... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned, numbered (225) and signed "Zangaki" Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0093 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26480888 BIB-ID: 2830451 Show less
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Ltd., Tourism, Tourism--Middle East--20th Century, Orient Express (Express train), Railroad companies, Railroad companies--Middle East
Travel poster advertising the passenger train route connecting London and Cairo by the Simplon Orient Express. The illustration by Jacques Touchet... Show moreTravel poster advertising the passenger train route connecting London and Cairo by the Simplon Orient Express. The illustration by Jacques Touchet shows a lady carrying a pot on her head underneath palm trees by the Nile, with the pyramids across the reflective water in the distance. Train route marked below the image with the railway line stops: "London, Brussels, Paris, Lausanne, Wien, Praha, Bordeaux, Milano, Berlin, Budapest, Beograd, Sofia, Athenes, Istanbul, Bucuresti, Ankara, Alep, Nissibin, Bagdad, Bassorah and Cairo". Title and date from item. The poster is signed "J. Touchet" and inscribed "LUCIEN SERRE & Cie. IMP. 15-17-19, Rue du Terrage, PARIS". Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0106 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26214787 BIB-ID: 2800306 Show less
Tourism, Tourism--Egypt--20th Century, Bast (Egyptian deity)
Travel poster advertising Cairo as a tourist destination. In the foreground a statue of the cat goddess Bastet. In the background, a stylized view... Show moreTravel poster advertising Cairo as a tourist destination. In the foreground a statue of the cat goddess Bastet. In the background, a stylized view of the pyramids and a mosque. Title and date from item. Iscribed: "دار الكاتب العربي للطباعة والنشر بالقاهرة". On the upper part the 1967 International Tourist Year emblem. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0061 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26202232 BIB-ID: 2799326 Show less
Public relationsEgyptian State Railways, Telegraphs & Telephones, Jāmiʻ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh (Cairo, Egypt), Tourism, Tourism--Egypt--20th Century, Railroad companies, Railroad companies--Egypt
Travel poster issued by the Egyptian State Railways.The poster shows a graphic depiction of the Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad under the crescent. Tit... Show moreTravel poster issued by the Egyptian State Railways.The poster shows a graphic depiction of the Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad under the crescent. Title and date from item. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0044 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26194764 BIB-ID: 2798727 Show less
Artisans, Artisans--Egypt--Portrait photographs, Lattice windows, Lattice windows--Cairo (Egypt)--Photographs, Meshrebeeyehs, Meshrebeeyehs--Cairo (Egypt), Manners and customs, Manners and customs--Egypt--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Portraits
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned, numbered (627) and signed "Zangaki" in the negative. Main Heritage... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned, numbered (627) and signed "Zangaki" in the negative. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0084 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26482137 BIB-ID: 2830554 Show less
Postcard showing the Kursaal Casino and Music Hall, which was on Alfi Bey Street in the Ezbekiyya district of Cairo. Title from item, date devised... Show morePostcard showing the Kursaal Casino and Music Hall, which was on Alfi Bey Street in the Ezbekiyya district of Cairo. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Serie 645. Edit.The Cairo Post-Card Trust - Ph. N. 831".Postally unused. Manuscript notes on the verso. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0072 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26826021 BIB-ID: 2854721 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Serie 647" Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0069 2-D Graphic Item-ID:... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Serie 647" Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0069 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825971 BIB-ID: 2854717 Show less
The Egyptian Museum of Cairo is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East. The museum was designed by French architect, Marcel Dourgnon... Show moreThe Egyptian Museum of Cairo is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East. The museum was designed by French architect, Marcel Dourgnon and was officially opened in 1902 by Khedive Abbas Helmy II. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Special Agent, A. Velardi, Boite Postale 1041, Cairo" and the logo of Real Photo Postcards All British. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0054 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825739 BIB-ID: 2854692 Show less
Post office buildings--Streets, Post office buildings--Streets--Cairo (Egypt), Architecture, Modern, Architecture, Modern--Egypt
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Nr. 3." and the stamp of the travel agent "Alf. H. Naudi & C., Ship Chandler &... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Nr. 3." and the stamp of the travel agent "Alf. H. Naudi & C., Ship Chandler & Stevedores. Port Said (Egypt)". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0057 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825776 BIB-ID: 2854695 Show less
The postcard shows the Eden Palace Hotel, which opened around 1900 in a location overlooking the Ezbekiyya Gardens (from this the old name of the... Show moreThe postcard shows the Eden Palace Hotel, which opened around 1900 in a location overlooking the Ezbekiyya Gardens (from this the old name of the street, and title of the postcard. "Genaineh" is جنينة, Egyptian Arabian for garden). Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso the logo of German publisher and "Cai[ro] 81". Manuscript annotation on the recto "I stayed in this hotel [Eden Palace Hotel] in 1915" and on the verso of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0061 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2682582x BIB-ID: 2854700 Show less
The original Cairo Railway Station was built as the terminal of the first rail link from Alexandria to Cairowas designed by British architect Edwin... Show moreThe original Cairo Railway Station was built as the terminal of the first rail link from Alexandria to Cairowas designed by British architect Edwin Patsy in 1893 in a neo-Mamluk style. The building was a clear expression of the late 19th and early 20th-century Cairene architecture when the neo-Mamluk. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Special Agent, A. Velardi, Boite Postale 1041, Cairo" and the logo of Real Photo Postcards All British. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0063 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825867 BIB-ID: 2854705 Show less
Postacard showing Kamel Sedki Street, today El Faggala. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Nr. 3." and the stamp of the... Show morePostacard showing Kamel Sedki Street, today El Faggala. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Nr. 3." and the stamp of the travel agent "Alf. H. Naudi & C., Ship Chandler & Stevedores. Port Said (Egypt)". Postally used. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0068 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2682596x BIB-ID: 2854715 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the front the serial number of the postcard (169). Postally unused. Main Heritage Compact General ... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the front the serial number of the postcard (169). Postally unused. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0071 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26826008 BIB-ID: 2854719 Show less
Public fountain in the neighbourhood Abbassia. This building is reproduced with different titles in other postcards of Cairo, either as "fountain"... Show morePublic fountain in the neighbourhood Abbassia. This building is reproduced with different titles in other postcards of Cairo, either as "fountain" or "sebil", or "school" in Abbassia. The fountain, known as the Sabif of Mustafa Pasha al-Khazindar, was built in 1889 CE by the treasurer under Abbas I of Egypt. The fountain, located in Masoud Street in Abdou Pasha, Abbassia, was demolished in 1950. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "N. 76 - Lichtenstern & Harari" and "Union Postale Universelle. Egypte. Carte Postale - التحاد البوستة العام مصر تذكرة بوستة ". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0055 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825752 BIB-ID: 2854693 Show less