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Cairo, Egypt (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

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Grenadier Guards leaving Cairo Station, 1898-07 - 1898-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/32
Scope and Contents

162 x 109 mm. A view looking along the station platform, with Grenadier Guards boarding the train.

Dates: 1898-07 - 1898-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Group photograph], 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/5/134
Scope and Contents

45 x 70 mm. Showing two men, a woman and a young girl, stood under a shelter. A caption on the album page reads 'Cairo and Baghdad', but it is not clear the exact location of this particular image.

Dates: 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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J.N.L., J.R. Stoddard, T.E. Screven, 1875-01-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/2/40
Scope and Contents 57 x 93 mm. Group with Stoddard seated centre, Laing and Screven standing on either side. All three wear fezzes. T.E. Screven from New York (‘Edward’) was travelling with Laing. Stoddard, from Boston, made their acquaintance in Rome on 3 November, and accompanied them in their travels until 21 January 1875, when Laing and Screven set off up the Nile. The photograph was taken in Cairo on 1 January 1875, though the photographer is unknown. ‘Later on Stoddard complained of illness & had to...
Dates: 1875-01-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Le Caire, Porte de la Citadelle, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/93
Scope and Contents

282 x 221 mm. View looking towards the gate of the Citadel in Cairo. See note at Y3022B/20.

Dates: 1870 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Le Caire Pyramide de Cheops, Le Sphynx et le Temple de Chaffra (L’Egypte), 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/3
Scope and Contents

278 x 215 mm. General view looking towards the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid, with the ruins of the Temple of Chaffra in the foreground.

Dates: 1870 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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List of guests meeting Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales at events in Cairo, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/3/42
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.

Dates: 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Live chickens for sale, 1944 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/2/24
Scope and Contents

85 x 53 mm

Dates: 1944 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Looking toward Cairo - top of Great Pyramid, 1920-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/205
Scope and Contents

67 x 44 mm.

Dates: 1920-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Military Tournament, Gzira Sports Club, Cairo, 1906], 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041B/40-41
Scope and Contents

143 x 84 mm. Two similar views showing an equestrian event during the tournament, with spectators leaning against a fence in the foreground. Photographer unknown, probably John Williamson.

Dates: 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Military Tournament, Gzira Sports Club, Cairo, 1906], 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041B/42-43
Scope and Contents

142 x 84 mm. Two views showing a tug-of-war event at the tournament with a large crowd of spectators watching the participants. Photographer unknown, probably John Williamson.

Dates: 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Military Tournament, Gzira Sports Club, Cairo, 1906], 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041B/44-45
Scope and Contents

142 x 84 mm. Two similar views showing spectators watching a display of cannon firing. Photographer unknown, probably John Williamson.

Dates: 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Military Tournament, Gzira Sports Club, Cairo, 1906], 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041B/46-47
Scope and Contents

144 x 84 mm. Two similar views showing spectators watching a display of highland dancing. Photographer unknown, probably John Williamson.

Dates: 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Military Tournament, Gzira Sports Club, Cairo, 1906], 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041B/48-49
Scope and Contents

144 x 84 mm. Two similar views showing spectators watching a display of rodeo riding. Photographer unknown, probably John Williamson.

Dates: 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Moored boats], 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/5/133
Scope and Contents

65 x 45 mm. A caption on the album page reads 'Cairo and Baghdad', but it is not clear the exact location of this particular image.

Dates: 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mosque de [illegible ?Bahouf] et Citadelle, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/20
Scope and Contents 274 x 228 mm. View looking along the eastern wall of the citadel towards the Mosque of Mohammed Ali. The Citadel is situated in the SE corner of Cairo and was begun by Saladin in 1176. The Gamia Mohammed Ali or Alabaster Mosque was begun by Mohammed Ali on the site of a palace blown up in 1824. It was completed in the form seen here by Saibl Pasha in 1857. The architect was a Greek Yasuf Boshna; this possibly accounts for the undeciphered word in the caption. The caption on the print...
Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Native cart in Cairo, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/398
Scope and Contents

Approximately 220 x 160 mm. Photographer unknown.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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No. 1. Cairo to Khartoum, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/2/1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.

Dates: 1928
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Officers, Lancashire Fusiliers, with red roses, commemorating the battle of Minden, August 1st, in Kasr el Nil Barracks, Cairo, 1898-08-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042C/29
Scope and Contents

161 x 108 mm. A view showing an unidentified group of officers in the barrack square, wearing red roses to commemorate the defeat of the French at Minden on August 1st 1759.

Dates: 1898-08-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Parade state, Cairo, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/3/45
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.

Dates: 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ploughing, 1944 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/2/9-10
Scope and Contents

53 x 80 mm

Dates: 1944 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Policeman, 1944 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 359/2/2/1
Scope and Contents

83 x 53 mm

Dates: 1944 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Programme of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales's visit to Cairo, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/3/40
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.

Dates: 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Race meeting, Cairo], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041B/68
Scope and Contents

290 x 230 mm. A fine period photograph (c 1910) showing Egyptian and European spectators in the stand at a race meeting. Photographer unknown, but professional work.

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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R.A.F. Headquarters, Cairo, 20.2.20, 1920-02-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/269
Scope and Contents

65 x 40 mm.

Dates: 1920-02-20
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Royal train, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/3/44
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.

Dates: 1906
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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