The album collects the photographs taken by the Naval Officer A. Martiensen, who took part in Wilhelm II's trip to the Levant in 1898, as he was... Show moreThe album collects the photographs taken by the Naval Officer A. Martiensen, who took part in Wilhelm II's trip to the Levant in 1898, as he was serving on the Imperial liner "Hohenzollern" from September 1898 to March 1900. The visit was a key diplomatic move of the German Empire and the Protestant Church to strengthen the political ties with the Ottoman Empire and it was widely reported and commentated in all the media. The album was probably compiled at end of the 1920s, as indicated by the form and layout. Also, pictures are not arranged in chronological order, which would suggest that they may initially have been kept in different places and only later incorporated into the album. The last picture dates from 1929 and shows Martiensen and tourist group seated on camels in front of the Pyramid of Giza. Photographs show Wilhelm II close-ups and in an almost private setting when on board the Hohenzollern - such as for his birthday -, whereas other pictures were carefully staged and intended to serve propaganda purposes. Some of these photographs must have been taken by other people, such as the German photographer Ottomar Anschütz (1846-1907) and Empress Auguste Victoria (1858-1921) and by other professional photographers. The prints have numbers in the negative which could have been catalog numbers the passengers and crew could use to order souvenir pictures. Title devised by Library staff, date from item. The pictures are contact prints from glass negatives with a format of 12 x 18 cm. Most of them have numbers as would have been written on the glass negatives and are captioned in white ink on the mount. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2016.0053-0158 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23299381 BIB-ID: 2496329 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (6260) and signed "P.Z." Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads;... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (6260) and signed "P.Z." Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0094 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23693356 BIB-ID: 2523798 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,124) and signed "P.Z." Oval blindstamp in lower left corner... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,124) and signed "P.Z." Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0095 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2369287x BIB-ID: 2523781 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15138) and signed "P.Z." Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15138) and signed "P.Z." Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0098 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2369290x BIB-ID: 2523784 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15128) and signed "P.Z." Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15128) and signed "P.Z." Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0099 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23693265 BIB-ID: 2523789 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (6241) and signed "P.Z." Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads;... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (6241) and signed "P.Z." Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0093 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23690215 BIB-ID: 2523626 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,087) and signed "P.Z.". On HC.HP.2015.0007-0130, oval... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,087) and signed "P.Z.". On HC.HP.2015.0007-0130, oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". HC.HP.2016.0053-0113 is numbered in ink on the mount (75). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0130 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23690185 BIB-ID: 2523624 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,0109) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,0109) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0106 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23693290 BIB-ID: 2523792 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,114) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,114) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0118 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23693319 BIB-ID: 2523794 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (6259) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (6259) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0124 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23690239 BIB-ID: 2523627 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,027) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15,027) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0125 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23693368 BIB-ID: 2523799 Show less
Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15116) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner... Show moreTitle from item. Date devised by Library staff. Photograph captioned, numbered (15116) and signed "P.Z.". Oval blindstamp in lower left corner reads; "A. C. Champagne, 180 Rue de Rivoli, Paris". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0007-0127 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2369340x BIB-ID: 2523802 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is stamped with the collector stamp (C. Drächsler - Wien) and captioned in German on the... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is stamped with the collector stamp (C. Drächsler - Wien) and captioned in German on the verso of the print. The photograph is numbered 441 on the recto with a manuscript inscription. Gertrude Bell, picturing the same place, names it as the "Tomb of Ughulbek in the Azro'i Cemetery in the Maqamat Quarter of Aleppo". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0022-0008 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24493740 BIB-ID: 2619624 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is stamped with the collector stamp (C. Drächsler - Wien) and captioned in German on the... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. The photograph is stamped with the collector stamp (C. Drächsler - Wien) and captioned in German on the verso of the print. The photograph is numbered 444 on the recto with a manuscript inscription. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0022-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24492589 BIB-ID: 2619575 Show less
The album includes studio and "in situ" studies of indigenous peoples at work in street scenes of everyday life, women and children. Places... Show moreThe album includes studio and "in situ" studies of indigenous peoples at work in street scenes of everyday life, women and children. Places mentioned include Alger, Laghouat, Issers, Blida, Biskra, Constantine and the gorges of Kherrata and El Kantara. There are city views, views of mosques, streets, cathedrals, oases, gates, caravans, and local vegetation. Some prints are credited to Algiers photographer Alexandre Leroux. 1004 Alger vue du Phare -- 1001 Place du Gouvernement Alger -- 752 Intérieur de la grande Mosquée El Kebir. Alger -- 1036 Escalier de la Pêcherie Alger -- 1038 Place du Gouvernement Alger -- 74 Intérieur de l’Archevêché Alger -- 1015 Oasis S.te Marie et Vue d’Alger -- 26 À la Casbah Alger -- 873 Caravane à Laghouat Algérie -- 38 Mosquée Sidi-Abderrahman Alger -- 652 Intérieur du Musée d’Alger -- 60 Intérieur Mauresque Alger -- 182 Marché aux Issers -- 1081 Rue Kleber Alger -- 1083 Rue à Alger -- 1014 Alger La Cathédrale -- 131 Flore Algérienne -- 682 Mauresque d’Alger -- 1232 Leroux C.ie -- 1250 Leroux -- 195 Femme du Sud en voyage -- 348 Mulâtresse -- 1209 Nègre du Soudan -- 460 Porteur d’eau -- 1313 Spahis indigène -- 63 Arabe -- 437 Juive -- 415 Oulad Naïls -- 891 Bois Sacré Blidah -- 168 Gorges de la Chiffa Algeria -- 1018 Cimetière Sid-Kébir Blidah -- 259 Oasis de Biskra Algérie -- 267 Gardiens de Palmier a Biskra Algérie -- 262 Mosquée Sidi Mcid Biskra -- 301 Oasis de Biskra Algérie -- 256 Porte Sarrazine à Bougie Algérie -- 898 Bugie Algérie -- 644 Setif Algérie -- 318 Pont d’El-Kantara Constantine -- 720 Le Rumel à Constantine Algérie -- 531 El-Kantara Algérie -- 213 Chaabet el Akra Algérie -- 214 Chàabet-El-Akra Algérie -- 1274 Enfants Juifs de Constantine. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Photographs are mounted recto/verso, most of them numbered and captioned in French in the negative. A few with Leroux's credit. Gilt-lettered cloth. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23899803 BIB-ID: 2537135 Show less
Title from item; date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned on the negative and on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP... Show moreTitle from item; date devised by Library staff. The photograph is captioned on the negative and on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0197-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2490272x BIB-ID: 2667572 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Photographs--1900-1940
Photograph album containing historical and architectural views of Mecca and Medina of particular interest to Muslim pilgrims from the Indian... Show morePhotograph album containing historical and architectural views of Mecca and Medina of particular interest to Muslim pilgrims from the Indian subcontinent, like for instance the al-Baqi' Cemetery and the Jannah al-Mu‘allā, but also the Masjid al-Haram, the Mount Abū Qubays, the Mount Arafat, the Mosque al-Khayf in Mina, Bab 'Anbari - one of eight gates in the outer wall of the city of Medina - the Mosque of Quba, the mausoleum dedicated to Amir Hamza and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. جبل أبو قبيس -- جبل عرفات -- جنة المعلى -- مسجد خيف ومنا -- باب عنبري -- جنة البقيع -- مسجد قبا -- سيدنا امير حمزة، رضي الله عنه -- حرم مدينة منورة -- روضة مطهدة -- شهر مدينة منورة Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Photographs are titled in Urdu and Arabic on the negative; most of the prints are stamped in Urdu "Copyright H. A. Mirza & Sons, Photographers, Chandni Chowk, Delhi". The album was probably assembled and distributed by Haji Nawab Ali & Sons, book merchants based in Mecca "Moazzama" at Babus Salam, as inscribed on the album cover. Photographs average measurements 17 x 22,8 cm Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0260 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25308294 BIB-ID: 2623969 Asani, Ali S., and Carney E. S. Gavin. “Through the Lens of Mirza of Delhi: The Debbas Album of Early-Twentieth-Century Photographs of Pilgrimage Sites in Mecca and Medina.” Muqarnas, vol. 15, 1998, pp. 178–199. JSTOR, JSTOR, Show less
Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps, Armies--Officers, Armies--Officers--Photographs, Railroads, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Arab countries--Palestine
Photograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th... Show morePhotograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th Division’s Royal Army Medical Corps in the Territorial Force. The first album is titled “photographs of the Suez Canal Zone. April 1916 to Xmas 1916”; the second “contains views of the advance made by the British across the Sin[ai] desert into Palestine 1917–18”. Among the diverse subjects are: the Canal and its environs, the officers and men of the Field Ambulance, railways, trenches, fortifications, and tent camps (with scenes of camp life), an Indian camel corps and transport camels used as ambulances, fishing from pontoon bridges, as well as views of the desert, an expedition into Sinai, shell-shocked men in Gaza, the ruins of shelled buildings, soldiers laying telegraph wires (by camel) and making a railway cutting, a railway accident, a cannon captured from the Turkish army, irrigation pumps and vegetation in Palestine. Portraits of local men and women, market scenes and merchants, grilling camel flesh. Ultimately, street scenes in Jerusalem, views of the Old City, of the Mosque of Omar, and Jericho. Title and date from item. Photographs, mostly 6 x 8 cm, are set in window pages (square and round ones) and generally manuscript captioned in white and yellow paint. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0228.02 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25174496 BIB-ID: 2624725 Show less
Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps, Armies--Officers, Armies--Officers--Photographs, Railroads, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Arab countries--Palestine
Photograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th... Show morePhotograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th Division’s Royal Army Medical Corps in the Territorial Force. The first album is titled “photographs of the Suez Canal Zone. April 1916 to Xmas 1916”; the second “contains views of the advance made by the British across the Sin[ai] desert into Palestine 1917–18”. Among the diverse subjects are: the Canal and its environs, the officers and men of the Field Ambulance, railways, trenches, fortifications, and tent camps (with scenes of camp life), an Indian camel corps and transport camels used as ambulances, fishing from pontoon bridges, as well as views of the desert, an expedition into Sinai, shell-shocked men in Gaza, the ruins of shelled buildings, soldiers laying telegraph wires (by camel) and making a railway cutting, a railway accident, a cannon captured from the Turkish army, irrigation pumps and vegetation in Palestine. Portraits of local men and women, market scenes and merchants, grilling camel flesh. Ultimately, street scenes in Jerusalem, views of the Old City, of the Mosque of Omar, and Jericho. Title and date from item. Photographs, mostly 6 x 8 cm, are set in window pages (square and round ones) and generally manuscript captioned in white and yellow paint. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0228.01 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25174435 BIB-ID: 2624725 Show less
Collections of aerial views of historical monuments and cities of today Lebanon and Syria. Photographs were taken in 1925 by the French... Show moreCollections 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. A Jesuit missionary, he was also a renowned explorer and an amateur archaeologist. Settled in Beirut from 1925 on, in charge of official missions on behalf of the French authorities, he realized the extraordinary potential offered by aerial reconnaissance for the archaeological documentation of the Lebanese and Syrian territories. With the logistical support of the French Air Force, he completed thousands of flights, mainly above Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, but also above the coasts of the Mediterranean up to Algeria and Tunisia. As an ingenious amateur Poidebard developed prototypes of cameras that were later produced industrially. Djezine [sic] waterfall. Beaufort Castle. Beirut. The Port of Beirut. Interior of an old mill. Road from Beirut to Damascus. Delta of the Nahr al-Kalb River. Ruins of Byblos. Source of the Orontes River. Cedar of Lebanon. Baalbeck. Tripoli. The Krak des Chevaliers. The citadel of Aleppo. Latakia. The bay of Alexandretta. Alawite woman. Bridge in Deir ez-Zor. Kamechlie [sic]. Souqs. Ruins in Al-Rusafa. Palmyra. The Turkish castle of Palmyra. Valley of the tombs. The gate of the tetrapylon. Homs. Damascus. Ommeyades Mosque. Barada Valley. As-Suwayda. Salkad [sic]. Qanawat . Bedouin of Sinjar. Photographs have either manuscript captions on the mount or have typescript titles on labels pasted onto the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0198 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24959261 BIB-ID: 2528559 Show less