Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Alexandrie Rue Sésostris
[ca. 1904]
Africa; Egypt; Egypt, -- Al Iskandarīyah Governorate, -- Al Iskandarīyah (Alexandria)
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.
Printed caption on recto reads: "Alexandrie, Rue Sésostris." Building signage in image reads: "Pierre Agopian; Manufacture de Cigarettes Egyptiennes." Additional printed text on recto reads: "Made for Pierre Agopian, Alexandria, Egypt. 87." Postmarked postage stamps and manuscript message and date on recto; address and postmarks on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 15: Egypt (UA)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1904]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Egypt; Egypt, -- Al Iskandarīyah Governorate, -- Al Iskandarīyah (Alexandria)
- Recorded subjects
- Cultural landscapes; Cityscape photography
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UA 2012-001-0223
Collection: African Postcard Collection