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Call Number:

PH-00693

Collection Name:

[Photograph album]

Creator:

Beato, Antonio (1825 or 1834 - circa 1903 or 1906)

H., M. B., active 1870s

Kargopoulo, Vassilaki, 1826-1886

Sébah, Pascal (1823 - 1886)

unidentified photographer

No. of Items:

124 photographs in album

Span Dates:

1873-1874

Description:

Photographic album containing 124 mounted photographs that are of views of Egypt (44), Turkey (24), Greece (15), Arabia (1) and Czechoslovakia (3). Most photographs are accompanied by inscribed captions in English. Some photographs include a caption printed from negative. Identified photographers include: photographers B. Kargopoulo (8), P. Sebah (2), A. Beato (2), and unidentified. The cover of the album is embossed: M.B.H., 1873-1874.

Accession No(s):

975:0074:0001-0124

Location(s):

f TR 655.11 P675 HRC-P (975:0074:0001-0124)
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