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[Gates of the Abdin Palace of the Khedive of Egypt, Cairo] – Historic Print

[Gates of the Abdin Palace of the Khedive of Egypt, Cairo], [ca.1924] — historic photograph
[Gates of the Abdin Palace of the Khedive of Egypt, Cairo], [ca.1924]. 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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Step back in time with [Gates of the Abdin Palace of the Khedive of Egypt, Cairo], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The gates of Abdin Palace, a sprawling royal residence in central Cairo, are the subject here, rather than the palace's interior or its gardens. Construction of Qasr al-Abdin began in the 1860s under Khedive Ismail, who wanted a European-style palace to rival those of Paris and Istanbul, and it went on to serve as a royal residence and a seat of government for decades. By the time this photograph was taken around 1924, the palace still stood as a symbol of the Egyptian monarchy's authority. The picture comes from the Frank and Frances Carpenter collection, a body of travel photographs that documents how foreign visitors saw Egypt in the years after World War I.

Created / published[ca.1924]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Egypt. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,058 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115372

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