Public relationsSikak Ḥadīd al-Ḥukūmah al-ʻIrāqīyah, Tourism, Tourism--Iraq--20th Century, Railroad companies, Railroad companies--Iraq
Travel poster from the Iraqi State Railways - as the Iraqi Republic Railways Company was named between 1936 and 1958 - advertising Iraq as holiday... Show moreTravel poster from the Iraqi State Railways - as the Iraqi Republic Railways Company was named between 1936 and 1958 - advertising Iraq as holiday destination for people traveling from Europe to the East. The poster shows two Arab men smoking hookah on a bench under palm trees. On the background, a train is crossing the landscape in the distance. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Captioned "Magnifique intermède pour ceux qui font le voyage d'europe de perse et d'orient, et retour" (Magnificent interlude for those who travel from Europe to Persia and the East, and back). Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0030 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25952973 BIB-ID: 2758966 Show less
Public relationsChemins de fer algériens de l'État, Tourism, Tourism--Algeria--20th Century, Railroad companies, Railroad companies--Algeria, Ouled Naïl, Muslim women
Travel poster issued by the Algerian State Railways "Chemins de fer algériens de l'État" (CFAE). The poster shows an Ouled Naïl and advertises... Show moreTravel poster issued by the Algerian State Railways "Chemins de fer algériens de l'État" (CFAE). The poster shows an Ouled Naïl and advertises Biskra and excursions to the Aures Mountains, the Oued Righ region, Touggour , the M'zab, and Southern Algeria and Tunisia. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Text continues: "Excursions dans l'Aures et l'Oued Rhir, vers Touggourt le N'Zab et le grand sud et vers le Sud Tunisien".(Excursions to the Aures Mountains and the Oued Righ , to Touggourt, the M'zab, and Southern Algeria and Tunisia). The image of the poster is titled "Une Ouled Naïl" and signed. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0036 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2619210x BIB-ID: 2798421 Show less
Public relationsSikak Ḥadīd al-Ḥukūmah al-ʻIrāqīyah, Tourism, Tourism--Iraq--20th Century, Railroad companies, Railroad companies--Iraq
Travel poster from the Iraqi State Railways - as the Iraqi Republic Railways Company was named between 1936 and 1958 - advertising Iraq as holiday... Show moreTravel poster from the Iraqi State Railways - as the Iraqi Republic Railways Company was named between 1936 and 1958 - advertising Iraq as holiday destination for people traveling from Europe to the East. The poster shows the Lion of Babylon and train routes departing from the main European cities reaching Iraq and India. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Captioned: "Pays d'intérêt historique, facilement accessible de toutes les parties de l'Europe" (A land of historical interest and easily reached from all parts of Europe.) Main Heritage Display General HC.GM.P.2019.0037 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26192500 BIB-ID: 2798464 Show less
Public relationsSikak Ḥadīd al-Ḥukūmah al-ʻIrāqīyah, Tourism, Tourism--Iraq--20th Century, Railroad companies, Railroad companies--Iraq
Travel poster from the Iraqi State Railways - as the Iraqi Republic Railways Company was named between 1936 and 1958 - advertising Iraq as holiday... Show moreTravel poster from the Iraqi State Railways - as the Iraqi Republic Railways Company was named between 1936 and 1958 - advertising Iraq as holiday destinations for people traveling from Europe and the East. The poster shows the Lion of Babylon, Hatra site and a port with a railroad terminal. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Captioned: "Allez voir le berceau du genre humain. De l’Europe par Belgrade et Istanboul. De l'Inde à travers le Golfe Persique." (Come and visit the cradle of humankind. From Europe via Belgrade and Istanbul. From India via the Persian Gulf.) Main Heritage Display General HC.GM.P.2019.0038 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26192688 BIB-ID: 2798468 Show less
Public relationsChemins de fer algériens de l'État, Public relationsOffice Algérien d'Action Économique et Touristique, Tourism, Tourism--Algeria--20th Century, Railroad companies, Railroad companies--Algeria, Ouled Naïl, Muslim women
Travel poster published by and for the General Government of Algeria, in particular for the Algerian Tourism and Economy Action Office (OFALAC).... Show moreTravel poster published by and for the General Government of Algeria, in particular for the Algerian Tourism and Economy Action Office (OFALAC). The poster shows a photograph of a dancing Ouled Naïl and advertises Bou Saada and Algeria as a tourist destination. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Text continues: "Gouvernement général de l'Algérie. Office algérien d'action économique et touristique". Inscribed under the image "Ektachrome Vaills (OFALAC)". On the bottom right the monogram of the Algerian Railways Company, the Chemins de Fer Algériens (CFA). Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0040 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26194107 BIB-ID: 2798641 Show less
Public relationsEgyptian State Railways, Telegraphs & Telephones, Jāmiʻ al-Muʼayyad Shaykh (Cairo, Egypt), Tourism, Tourism--Egypt--20th Century, Railroad companies, Railroad companies--Egypt
Travel poster issued by the Egyptian State Railways.The poster shows a graphic depiction of the Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad under the crescent. Tit... Show moreTravel poster issued by the Egyptian State Railways.The poster shows a graphic depiction of the Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad under the crescent. Title and date from item. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0044 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26194764 BIB-ID: 2798727 Show less
Public relationsChemins de fer algériens de l'État, Tourism, Tourism--Algeria--20th Century, Railroad companies, Railroad companies--Algeria, Mausoleums
Travel poster issued by the Algerian national railway company "Chemins de fer algériens de l'État" (CFAE) advertising Touggourt as holiday... Show moreTravel poster issued by the Algerian national railway company "Chemins de fer algériens de l'État" (CFAE) advertising Touggourt as holiday destination. The poster shows a cameleer and, on the background, what possibly resembles the tombs of the kings of the dynasty of Beni Djellab. Title and date from item. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0020 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25947047 BIB-ID: 2758728 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (56) and captioned in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Full title -... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (56) and captioned in Cyrillic at the bottom of the print. Full title - from Ermakov's 1896 edition of his "Каталогъ фотографических видов и типов Кавказа, Персии, Европейской и Азиатской Турции" [Photographic Catalogue of Views and Types of the Caucasus, Persia, and European and Asiatic Turkey] (Tbilisi, Steam Printing House of the Headquarters of the Caucasian Army, 1896-1901) - "Закаспйская область. Чарджуй. Железно-дорожный мость на р. Аму-Дарьи (Оксусъ) длиною 808 саж.", that is "Transcaspian region. Chardzhou. Railway bridge on the Amu Darya river (Oxus) 808 meters long". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0034-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26360901 BIB-ID: 2814673 Show less
The original Cairo Railway Station was built as the terminal of the first rail link from Alexandria to Cairowas designed by British architect Edwin... Show moreThe original Cairo Railway Station was built as the terminal of the first rail link from Alexandria to Cairowas designed by British architect Edwin Patsy in 1893 in a neo-Mamluk style. The building was a clear expression of the late 19th and early 20th-century Cairene architecture when the neo-Mamluk. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Special Agent, A. Velardi, Boite Postale 1041, Cairo" and the logo of Real Photo Postcards All British. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0063 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825867 BIB-ID: 2854705 Show less
The main station in Alexandria was built at Sidi Gabar in 1854. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "L.C. 72" and the... Show moreThe main station in Alexandria was built at Sidi Gabar in 1854. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "L.C. 72" and the logo of the publisher. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0064 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825879 BIB-ID: 2854707 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Serie 599". Manuscript annotations on the verso. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. On the verso: "Serie 599". Manuscript annotations on the verso. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0065 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825880 BIB-ID: 2854708 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0066 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825892 BIB-ID: 2854709 Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0089-0066 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26825892 BIB-ID: 2854709 Show less
Railways of the Near East. II, After Lawrence in Arabia / by D.G. Heslop -- The Æsthetics of a train / by Roger B. Lloyd -- British locomotive... Show moreRailways of the Near East. II, After Lawrence in Arabia / by D.G. Heslop -- The Æsthetics of a train / by Roger B. Lloyd -- British locomotive practice & performance / by Cecil J. Allen -- Railway developments in Norway -- A poppet-valve Atlantic on the L.N.E.R. -- The Whittingham Railway / by T.R. Perkins -- Locomotives built by Stephen Lewin / by C. Hamilton Ellis -- A novel signalling installation on the L.N.E.R. -- Continental train lettering -- Handling railway scrap -- Overseas railways. Show less
Trans-Caspian Railroad., Trans-Caspian Railway., Petroleum, Petroleum--Soviet Union, Description and travel, Description and travel, DK861.T6 B68 1888
par Edgar Boulangier ; ouvrage contenant 84 gravures et 14 cartes. Main Heritage Shelves General DK861.T6 B68 1888 Book Item-ID: i10239637 BIB-ID: 1025599 Show morepar Edgar Boulangier ; ouvrage contenant 84 gravures et 14 cartes. Main Heritage Shelves General DK861.T6 B68 1888 Book Item-ID: i10239637 BIB-ID: 1025599 Show less
Some great Central reflections / by B.K. Cooper -- A veteran Midland locomotive / by H.C. Casserley -- British locomotive practice & performance /... Show moreSome great Central reflections / by B.K. Cooper -- A veteran Midland locomotive / by H.C. Casserley -- British locomotive practice & performance / by Cecil J. Allen -- Railway developments in New Zealand -- Rebuilt Highland passenger locomotives, L.M.S.R. / by C. Hamilton Ellis -- Railways of the Near East. I., The Hedjaz Railway / by Cynric Mytton-Davies -- Stroudley Survivals -- Present-day American locomotive performance / by "Mercury" -- The L.N.E.R. "Claud Hamiltons" / by F.W. Brewer -- Overseas railways -- The why and the wherefore -- Pertinent paragraphs -- What the railways are doing. Show less
Photograph taken with the Kodak N. 1 camera, one of the first portable photographic tools, by the French photographer Paul Nadar who, between... Show morePhotograph taken with the Kodak N. 1 camera, one of the first portable photographic tools, by the French photographer Paul Nadar who, between August and November 1890, embarked on a trip across Europe and Asia to Turkestan following the ancient silk route. He acted as an early photojournalist, documenting his travels and photographing sites as diverse as bazaars, mosques, and desert landscapes. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0007 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21977732 BIB-ID: 2352527 Show less
Railroads--Design and construction, Railroads--Design and construction--Lebanon--Photographs, Railroad stations, Railroad stations--Baʻbdā (Lebanon)
Title and date from item. The photograph is captioned and numbered (4) on the card mount. The print is signed in the negative. Inscribed on top... Show moreTitle and date from item. The photograph is captioned and numbered (4) on the card mount. The print is signed in the negative. Inscribed on top Chemin de fer de Beyrouth à Damas (Syrie). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0226-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25425468 BIB-ID: 2711174 Show less