The album contains aerial views of Syria and Lebanon taken by three members of the 39th Aviation Regiment of the French Army of the Levant (G. David, Loquinaire and L. Piat) of the and collected by Regimental Adjutant Charles Serniclaès. He is also the author of most of the pictures together with ...

Collections of aerial views of historical monuments and cities of today Lebanon and Syria. Photographs were taken in 1925 by the French archaeologist Antoine Poidebard and other pilots. Jesuit Father Antoine Poidebard is considered the founder of the practice of aerial archaeology in the Middle East ...

Watercolor drawing depicting a man, kneeling down, dressed in black desert clothes, recalling Tuareg people traditional costumes., Date from item, title devised by Library staff. Manuscript caption of the back of the frame " Dessiné par St Exupéry en 1943 / Cadeau de George Keller 1950", Main Heri ...

Title and date devised by Library staff. Photographs are mounted on Landry & Deschavannes (L. & D.) cards and signed "Nadar. Office Général de Photographie. 53 rue des Mathurins. Paris"., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0046-0013, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23465384, BIB-ID: 2505795