HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS

Cairo

Historical photographs of cities, architecture, and daily life from the Balkans, North Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and South Asia.

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1903

Tombs of the Caliphs, Cairo

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Date unknown

Cairo — Citadel and Mamluk Tombs

30.0626, 31.2497

1906

Cairo — City View toward the Citadel

30.0626, 31.2497

1902

Cairo — Sultan Barquq Complex

30.0626, 31.2497

1903

Cairo — Juyushi Mosque

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1903

Cairo — Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque

30.0626, 31.2497

1912

Cairo — Mahmudiyya Mosque

30.0626, 31.2497

1903

Cairo — Ibn Tulun Mosque

30.0626, 31.2497

1903

Cairo — Sultan Hasan Mosque and Madrasa

30.0626, 31.2497

1909

Cairo — Khayrbak Mosque

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Catalogue date · 1873–1895

Interior of al-Nasir Muhammad Madrasa in Cairo

30.0626, 31.2497

Catalogue date · 1873–1895

Interior of Amir Manjak al-Yusufi Mosque in Cairo

30.0626, 31.2497

Date unknown

A muezzin on a street in Cairo

30.0626, 31.2497

Catalogue date · 1934

Main entrance of Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo

30.0626, 31.2497

Catalogue date · 1934–1939

A garden bower covered with plants in Cairo

30.0626, 31.2497

Catalogue date · 1900

Portrait of a woman from Cairo

30.0626, 31.2497

Catalogue date · 1904

Cairo Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque, 1904

30.0626, 31.2497

Catalogue date · 1862

The Prince of Wales entering Cairo, 1862

30.0626, 31.2497

Catalogue date · 2006

A surreal photographic work in Cairo, 2006

30.0626, 31.2497