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[Ground floor plan, imperial military middle school, Ṣan'ā'] – Antique Print

[Ground floor plan, imperial military middle school, Ṣan'ā'], [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[Ground floor plan, imperial military middle school, Ṣan'ā'], [between 1880 and 1893]. 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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Few pictures in this gallery show the layout of a school rather than its students or exterior, and this one records the ground floor of an imperial military middle school in Ṣan'ā', the Yemeni city then under Ottoman administration. It is an albumen print, captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French and numbered 10 in an album of imperial school plans and student portraits. The album belongs to the Abdul-Hamid II Collection at the Library of Congress. Sultan Abdul-Hamid II (reigned 1876–1909) promoted state schooling as part of a wider effort to build loyalty and modern administration across the empire's provinces, and plans like this one show how such buildings were arranged for instruction and daily routine.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreArchitectural drawings Reproductions 1880-1900.Albumen prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 10. In album: Imperial schools, architectural plans and student portraits, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsSchools--Yemen--Ṣan'ā'--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,197 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-153675

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