The Suez Canal, Port Said, Egypt – 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.)
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This rare historic photograph captures The Suez Canal, Port Said, Egypt in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Suez Canal, Port Said, Egypt
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Port Said sits at the northern mouth of the Suez Canal, where Mediterranean ships first reached Egypt, and this stereograph captures its waterfront in the late 1890s. The canal opened in 1869 after construction led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, and Port Said, founded for the project, became a busy coaling and supply stop for steamers bound to Asia. Littleton, New Hampshire, publisher B.W. Kilburn issued the card for home stereoscope viewers, so the scene reached American parlors as a glimpse of distant trade. Viewed through a stereoscope, its two images would have added depth to the docks.
| Created / published | Littleton, N.H. : photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 13100 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 12989. |
| Subjects | Waterfronts--Egypt--Port Said--1890-1900. Suez Canal (Egypt)--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,274 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-179839 |
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