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Cairo--Mosque Mohammed-el-Worde--LL – Vintage Wall Art

Cairo--Mosque Mohammed-el-Worde--LL, [ca. 1912] — historic photograph
Cairo--Mosque Mohammed-el-Worde--LL, [ca. 1912]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures Cairo--Mosque Mohammed-el-Worde--LL in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Cairo's Mosque of Mohammed el-Worde is the subject of this 1912-era postcard, which captures a religious building set within the busy streets of the Egyptian capital. Postcards like this one were produced commercially in large numbers in the 1910s, when European and American travelers were eager to send home views of Cairo's old Islamic architecture. The "LL" marking in the title suggests a publisher's imprint, a reminder that these cards were made to sell as much as to record. Because such views were often reproduced and reissued, they now serve as useful documents of how Cairo's mosques and streets appeared to outsiders in the years before World War I.

Created / published[ca. 1912]
Medium1 photographic print (postcard).
GenrePhotographic postcards 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.
SubjectsCity & town life--Egypt--Cairo--1910-1920. Mosques--Egypt--Cairo--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan926 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169922

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