The photograph shows a railroad construction workers' camp. Title and date from manuscript inscription on the back of the print. Main Heritage... Show moreThe photograph shows a railroad construction workers' camp. Title and date from manuscript inscription on the back of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0054 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24467509 BIB-ID: 2537237 Show less
The photograph shows a mail coach or post coach was, that is a horse-drawn carriage used mail deliveries Title and date from manuscript inscription... Show moreThe photograph shows a mail coach or post coach was, that is a horse-drawn carriage used mail deliveries Title and date from manuscript inscription on the back of the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0055 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24467510 BIB-ID: 2537238 Show less
The photograph shows a tramway and a group of people on the street of Algiers. On the right the Cafe de la Station, the train station coffeehouse. T... Show moreThe photograph shows a tramway and a group of people on the street of Algiers. On the right the Cafe de la Station, the train station coffeehouse. Title and date devised. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0064 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24468101 BIB-ID: 2537251 Show less
Title and date from item. Plate 55 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact... Show moreTitle and date from item. Plate 55 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0105-0055 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713434 BIB-ID: 2526430 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Plate 54 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Ma... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Plate 54 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0105-0054 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713410 BIB-ID: 2526428 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Plate 53 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Ma... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Plate 53 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0105-0053 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713409 BIB-ID: 2526427 Show less
Title and date from item. Plate 56 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact... Show moreTitle and date from item. Plate 56 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0105-0056 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713458 BIB-ID: 2526432 Show less
Railroads, Railroads--Saudi Arabia--Hejaz, Pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim, Pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--Photographs, Scientific expeditions, Scientific expeditions--Arab countries--Photographs
Photographs showing major sites and geographic features of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Palestine. Most of the photographs were taken... Show morePhotographs showing major sites and geographic features of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Palestine. Most of the photographs were taken between 1905 and 1915 by Bernard Moritz, but some also by his Turkish friends, especially for areas where non-muslim were prohibited from going. Pictures depict pilgrims on the Hajj to Mecca, Bedouins, the building of the Hejaz railway between Damascus and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, Jeddah, Petra, and Mount Sinai. Bernard Moritz was an Arabist and archaeologist. from 1898 to 1911 he was in charge of the Khedival Library and Archive in Cairo. During his stay in Egypt, he made numerous research trips to Sinai and Hejaz. Title and date from item. Photographs are tipped onto 50 card mounts with printed captions, numbered 1-100. Bookplate designed by Julius Diez approximately in 1914 on verso of title; "A. Toluboff" (probably the Russian-born Hollywood art director, 1882-1940), blindstamped. label on recto of title. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0105 Book Item-ID: i23186653 BIB-ID: 2489491 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
Military railroads, Military railroads--Morocco--Photographs
Amateur photograph album probably compiled by a French engineer. Pictures show the inauguration of the railroad, train stations decorated with... Show moreAmateur photograph album probably compiled by a French engineer. Pictures show the inauguration of the railroad, train stations decorated with French flags, tracks, locomotives, bridges and French soldiers. Title and date from item. Prints average measurements 12 x 17 cm. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0251 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25235461 BIB-ID: 2686958 Show less
Great Britain. War Cabinet., Sikak Ḥadīd al-Ḥukūmah al-ʻIrāqīyah., Railroads--History, Railroads--History--Iran, Railroads--History, Railroads--History--Iraq
Report surveying the state of the railroads and the gauges used by the Iraqi State Railways and the Trans-Iranian Railway between 1942 and 1944.... Show moreReport surveying the state of the railroads and the gauges used by the Iraqi State Railways and the Trans-Iranian Railway between 1942 and 1944. The report is incomplete; 11 pages are related to Iraq (p. 54-85), while 16 pages cover Iran (p. 73-160). The typewritten text is accompanied by photomechanical prints and technical drawings of locomotives. The report might have been produced both by the British or the American intelligence. A map of Turkey produced by the British War Office in 1939 is included; railroads and possessions of the same are outlined in pencil. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Office General HC.ARC.2016.0094-0004 Manuscripts Item-ID: i25425626 BIB-ID: 2711204 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered and signed in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0006-0002 2-D... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered and signed in the negative. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0006-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23713276 BIB-ID: 2526419 Show less
Euphrates Valley Railway Company., Railroads, Railroads--Iraq
by W.P. Andrew. Main Heritage Compact General Book Item-ID: i10199214 BIB-ID: 1021557 Show moreby W.P. Andrew. Main Heritage Compact General Book Item-ID: i10199214 BIB-ID: 1021557 Show less
Andrew, William Patrick , d. 1887, Railroads, Railroads--Euphrates River Valley, DS48.2 .E87 1857
by two travellers, authors of "Nothing in particular". Includes bibliographical references. Microfilm. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library... Show moreby two travellers, authors of "Nothing in particular". Includes bibliographical references. Microfilm. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Imaging Services, 1999. 1 microfilm reel : positive ; 35 mm. Show less
Sir William Patrick Andrew. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.2 .A53 1882 Book Item-ID: i10089780 BIB-ID: 1010614 Show moreSir William Patrick Andrew. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.2 .A53 1882 Book Item-ID: i10089780 BIB-ID: 1010614 Show less
per Lionel Wiener "Ouvrage publie sous les auspices de Sa Majesté Fouad Ier a l'occasion de la XIIe session du Congres international des chemins de... Show moreper Lionel Wiener "Ouvrage publie sous les auspices de Sa Majesté Fouad Ier a l'occasion de la XIIe session du Congres international des chemins de fer (Le Caire. 1933)." Main Heritage Shelves General TF117 .W54 1932 Book Item-ID: i25639390 BIB-ID: 2712467 Show less
by W. P. Andrew. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.2 .A53 1857 Book Item-ID: i15723070 BIB-ID: 1015925 Show moreby W. P. Andrew. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.2 .A53 1857 Book Item-ID: i15723070 BIB-ID: 1015925 Show less
The album is a photographic account of the early years of British Petroleum, that is, of the Persian Oil Company (APOC). Photographs illustrate the... Show moreThe album is a photographic account of the early years of British Petroleum, that is, of the Persian Oil Company (APOC). Photographs illustrate the development of the oil industry and the benefits the oil exploitation has brought to Persia in terms of education, infrastructure, employment and healthcare.The album appears either as a preparatory work or as a personal draft copy of the book "The Persian Oil Industry. An account of its origin and development" printed by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, in 1927. The publication is a kind of early marketing operation of the Company, in fact, it was actually printed by Walter Pearce and Co, an advertising agency working for the Royal Commission of the Press, connected to the Empire Marketing Board. Abadan refinery. Tankers. Bawarda. Ganawah-Mishun and Mishun-Godar-i-Cham roads. Gach-qaraguli (Gachsaran). Main offices, bungalows and the Director residence in Mohammerah. Nasiri [sic.]. The Company school and hospital. School at Ahvaz. M. J. A. Nichols. Darkhazineh. Railway tracks in the valley of Tembi. Pipelines. Oil fields of Masjid-i-Sulaiman. M. S. Clegg smoking the hookah. Small trades (firemen, baker, barber, tailor, cabinetmaker, weaver, apprentices). Bazaar. Camel caravans. Deposits. Kalleh. Dams. Derricks. Pumps. British engineers and geologists. Tanks. Persian types. The album has a binding in full grey Marroquin and it is titled in cover in gilded letters. All pictures (average size 10,5 x 15.5 cm.) are captioned with typewritten labels. The album includes 3 panoramas. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0079 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23323383 BIB-ID: 2496882 Show less