Caravan returning to Cairo from the desert pyramids – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Caravan returning to Cairo from the desert pyramids in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Caravan returning to Cairo from the desert pyramids
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A camel caravan winds back toward Cairo from the pyramids on the desert edge, captured on a stereograph card that was meant to be viewed through a hand-held stereoscope and seen as a single three-dimensional scene. Around 1903, these cards were a popular parlor and travel product, and the copyright line identifies William H. Rau, a Philadelphia photographer and publisher who produced many views of distant places for sale to American and European audiences. Egypt's pyramids at Giza were a favorite subject for such cards, since visitors arriving by steamer and rail often made the short trip out to the desert to see them. The record notes that its details come from the original caption card and have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by William H. Rau. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,328 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107946 |
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