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Booklet entitled 'Suez' containing 12 detachable monochrome postcards showing views of Suez, the Canal and Port Said. Published by 'Lévy Fils et Cie, Paris'. The postcards are captioned in English on the front and French on the reverse.

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Booklet entitled 'Suez' containing 12 detachable monochrome postcards showing views of Suez, the Canal and Port Said. Published by 'Lévy Fils et Cie, Paris'. The postcards are captioned in English on the front and French on the reverse.

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Booklet entitled 'Suez' containing 12 detachable monochrome postcards showing views of Suez, the Canal and Port Said. Published by 'Lévy Fils et Cie, Paris'. The postcards are captioned in English on the front and French on the reverse.

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Booklet entitled 'Suez' containing 12 detachable monochrome postcards showing views of Suez, the Canal and Port Said. Published by 'Lévy Fils et Cie, Paris'. The postcards are captioned in English on the front and French on the reverse.

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Booklet entitled 'Suez' containing 12 detachable monochrome postcards showing views of Suez, the Canal and Port Said. Published by 'Lévy Fils et Cie, Paris'. The postcards are captioned in English on the front and French on the reverse.

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281 x 224 mm. Showing the landing place, jetty and buildings, with ships moored or at anchor at the left. Terre-Plein stands on an artificial island SE of Suez which was created during the construction of the canal and connected to Suez by a 50 feet wide stone pier. Photograph by Zangaki.

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260 x 202 mm. View looking along the Suez Canal at Kilometre 143, with two steam vessels moored at a landing station in the foreground.

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296 x 212 mm.

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284 x 213 mm.

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133 x 82 mm. A view showing an unidentified battleship in the Suez Canal, possibly a naval escort for the ‘Medina’s’ voyage to India. Photographer unknown, probably Henry Williamson.

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144 x 84 mm. A view showing a Royal Naval submarine (number 68) steaming along the Suez Canal, with sandhills in the background. Photographer unknown, probably Henry Williamson.

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291 x 230 mm.

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270 x 218 mm. A view looking down from a roof top, showing quayside buildings and wharfs, ships moored at the entrance to the canal and the open sea on the horizon. No. 48 in a series of photographs by Zangaki.

Scope and Contents F.O. Print. Summary by Lord Tenterden of the History of the Administration of Egypt, 1840-81F.O. Print. Report of the Committee… on the Administration of Egypt, 4 Nov. 1882Admiralty telegrams re the Soudan, 5 -7 Feb. 1884F.O. Section Prints re Alexandria Board of Health and Roman Sanitary Conference, Apr. - May 1885F.O. Section Prints re Red Sea and Somali Coast, Jan. - May 1885F.O. Section Prints re Suez Canal International Commission, Nov. 1882 and...

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205 x 155 mm. View looking across the Canal (at Port Said) towards the two storey house of Ferdinand de Lesseps, builder of the canal.

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67 x 48 mm. A man walking along a road, with a long wall behind him.

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270 x 215 mm. Albumen print.

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133 x 83 mm. Two views showing the ‘Medina’ in the Suez Canal. Photographer unknown, probably Henry Williamson.

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287 x 223 mm. A view looking over an open square towards the houses of the town and distant hills. Photograph by Zangaki.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...

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220 x 201 mm.

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Booklet entitled 'Suez' containing 12 detachable monochrome postcards showing views of Suez, the Canal and Port Said. Published by 'Lévy Fils et Cie, Paris'. The postcards are captioned in English on the front and French on the reverse.

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A view looking shorewards, from the harbour at Suez.

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Booklet entitled 'Souvenir of Suez' containing detachable monochrome postcards showing views of Suez and the Canal. Published by the Cairo Postcard Trust, Cairo. The postcards are captioned in English on the front and French on the reverse.

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280 x 219 mm. A poor photograph, with a double image through movement during exposure or printing. A view looking along the canal, with a three-masted steamer approaching from the right.