Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Dawn on Lake Karoun, Al Fayyum, Egypt
1965
Africa; Egypt
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
"Al Fayyum was an ancient center; noted for ruins dating to 12th dynasty (1991-1786 BC), & Greek & Coptic papyrus; today is center for cotton ginning & tanning." [The J. Paul Getty Trust: Art and Architecture Thesaurus]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Institute of Architects, directing the Egyptian portion of the documentary on Ancient Egypt, March 1965 and September 1965.
- Collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Archival grouping
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Egypt
- Catalog date
- 1965
- Recorded places
- Africa; Egypt
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10308
Collection: Eliot Elisofon Field collection