The photograph, taken from the sea, actually shows the Beit al Ajaib (House of Wonders), built in 1883 and restored after the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896. The house was primarily the Sultan's residence and was the first building in Zanzibar to have electricity, as well as the first building in East A ...
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (34)., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.26833-0032, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23717919, BIB-ID: 2526947
Title from item. Date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "Bonfils" and numbered (356) in the negative., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0053-0052, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26385648, BIB-ID: 2817154
The Seljuk shrine dedicated to the Persian Sufi mystic Bayazid Bastami in Bastam, dated to 514 AH/1120 CE., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Union Postale Universelle. Carte postale de Perse. Séyéd Abdor Rahime Kachani, seraïé Amir, Téhéran, Perse"., Main Heritage ...
Title from item, date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "G. Berggren" and numbered (3) in the negative. Number in ink on the mount (104)., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0053-0115, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26389836, BIB-ID: 2818015
Title from item, date devised by library staff. The photograph is titled, signed "G. Berggren" and numbered (201) in the negative. Number in ink on the mount (114)., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0053-0124, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26389861, BIB-ID: 2818018
Vintage travel poster for the British travel agency "Thomas Cook & Son", advertising their Nile cruises and tours in Palestine. The poster shows the Colossi of Memnon., Title from item, date devised by Library Staff. The poster is signed and captioned "The Colossi of Memnon. (Moonrise)", Main He ...
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The slide is titled (Arabic and English) and numbered (27)., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.26833-0025, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23717725, BIB-ID: 2526930
Vintage travel poster issued for the French railway company "Chemins de fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée" (Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean Railway Company, usually known simply as the P.L.M.) and "C.ie Fermière des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens" (Tunisian Railway Company). advertising Tunisia and Kairoua ...
