Cairo. Dancing girl or Alma – Antique Print
![Cairo. Dancing girl or Alma, [between 1860 and 1890] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/22/221aea6a19d2-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Cairo. Dancing girl or Alma, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Cairo. Dancing girl or Alma
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The title sets this picture apart: "Alma" refers to an almeh, a trained Egyptian woman who sang, recited poetry and danced at private gatherings in Cairo, a different role from the public street dancers that Western visitors often confused with them. The caption's pairing of "Dancing girl or Alma" suggests the label was used loosely, which reflects how European viewers tended to flatten these performers into one exotic type. The print is an albumen print, the process that dominated commercial photography from the 1850s into the 1890s, and it is numbered 165 in an album of views of Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo and Rome.
| Created / published | [between 1860 and 1890] |
|---|---|
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1860-1890.Albumen prints 1860-1890. |
| Notes | In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 165. |
| Subjects | Dancers--1860-1890. Women--Egypt--Cairo--1860-1890. Clothing & dress--Egypt--Cairo--1860-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,270 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181618 |
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