The album collects photographs by the major photographers active in the Middle East at the end of the XIX century. Images include: statues and art... Show moreThe album collects photographs by the major photographers active in the Middle East at the end of the XIX century. Images include: statues and art crafts from the Museum of Gizah; Egyptian antiquities (pyramids, temples, hieroglyphics); Islamic architectures in Cairo (tombs, the Citadel, mosques and mashrabiyas); views of the streets of Cairo (hotels and bazaars); staged portraits of local people (artisans, women, peasants and musicians); the Nile river with traditional boats and ports. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Album with vellum-bound, in golden letter and ornaments. The album consists of 24 pages. Prints are pasted on both sides. On the paste-down there is a scratched ex libris "Metropolitan Museum of Art. [illegible] of the Costume Institute. [illegible] Art Worker's Club". Manuscript note "Sold and discarted in 1960s). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0096 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26485229 BIB-ID: 2830659 Show less
The imperial palace Ali Qapu in Isfahan. Regarded as the best example of Safavid architecture, it was originally built in 1000s AH/1590s CE by 1590... Show moreThe imperial palace Ali Qapu in Isfahan. Regarded as the best example of Safavid architecture, it was originally built in 1000s AH/1590s CE by 1590-1595/1000-1004 AH under Abbas the Great. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso the logo of the publisher. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0053 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2682565x BIB-ID: 2854688 Show less
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... Show moreThe 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 Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0048 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825521 BIB-ID: 2854675 Show less
The mausoleum of Imamzadeh Hossein, son of the 8th Imam Ali al-Rida built in Qazvin by Tahmasp I, the second shah of Safavid Iran from 930 AH/1524... Show moreThe mausoleum of Imamzadeh Hossein, son of the 8th Imam Ali al-Rida built in Qazvin by Tahmasp I, the second shah of Safavid Iran from 930 AH/1524 CE to 984 AH/1576 CE. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Manuscript text in German on the verso. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0050 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825569 BIB-ID: 2854680 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "مركز پخش دنياي كارت بازار بين الحرمين" (Donyaye Kart Distribution Center, Bein Al... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "مركز پخش دنياي كارت بازار بين الحرمين" (Donyaye Kart Distribution Center, Bein Al-Haramein Bazaar). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0051 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825636 BIB-ID: 2854685 Show less
Post office buildings, Post office buildings--Alexandria (Egypt), Architecture, Modern, Architecture, Modern--Egypt
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Post Card Egypt. L.C. - 34. Alexandrie - Rue de la Poste". Manuscript notes on the... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Post Card Egypt. L.C. - 34. Alexandrie - Rue de la Poste". Manuscript notes on the verso, address section. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0056 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825764 BIB-ID: 2854694 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
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Union Postale Universelle Eygpte Carte Postale", the address of the publisher "7,... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Union Postale Universelle Eygpte Carte Postale", the address of the publisher "7, Rue de la Poste" and the serial number "50804". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0067 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825909 BIB-ID: 2854711 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