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Lot n° 76

Amateur photographer, travel in Egypt Cairo,...

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Amateur photographer, travel in Egypt Cairo, Giza, Thebes, Luxor, Philae, Aswan, Alexandria, Karnak Sites, views, types and animated scenes: views of temples, pyramids, "The Colossi of Memnon", "The Valley of the Kings", lively city streets, trip down the Nile, "The Donkeys Embark at Thebes", donkey ride, camel ride "The Camel Rises", "Shepherds in the Boondocks", portraits of types, trip into the Sahara, meeting the Bisharins (nomadic shepherds), caravans in the desert, view of the desert, water carriers, chadouf (rocking device used to draw water from a well), Arab women, "Soudanaise", Bedoin villages, Al Azar University courtyard, "Arab funeral", "Saïd, Waiting for the opening of the Gésireh Bridge", "German excavations", mosque interior, Cairo souk... c. 1900-1910 Set of approx. 270 citrate prints, mounted under tabs on leaves, handwritten captions