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Hotel Mena House and the pyramids, sepia photograph – Vintage Wall Art

Hotel Mena House and the pyramids, sepia photograph — historic photograph
Hotel Mena House and the pyramids, sepia photograph. Historic photograph from the Taverns & Saloons collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Hotel Mena House and the pyramids, sepia photograph comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Hotel Mena House and the pyramids, sepia photograph

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Few hotels sit as close to the Great Pyramid of Giza as Mena House, which stands on the edge of the desert with the monuments rising just beyond its grounds. The building began as a hunting lodge built for the Egyptian rulers before opening to paying guests, and its guest list grew to include European and American travelers who came to Egypt for the views. The warm brown tones of this sepia print suggest the early twentieth century, when such photographs circulated as souvenirs of a winter trip to Cairo. The filing under taverns and saloons reflects the hotel's role as a place for meals and social gatherings rather than a bar scene.

Original scan6,748 × 5,244 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi
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