IDNO

P.50993.RDG

Description

Cairo street scene with men and two donkeys in the street. The buildings are tall and have overhangs on the upper floors. At the end of the street is a minaret of a mosque. A wooden platform covers the street at the far end. There are gas lamps on the shop fronts and men are walking and browsing, two with laden donkeys and all wearing turbans or head coverings.

Place

N Africa; Egypt; Cairo

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

C. & G. Zangaki Brothers

Collector / Expedition

Ridgeway, William

Date

circa 1880 - 1900

Collection Name

Ridgeway Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The print was found in an envelope now marked C239/ which was inside the wooden drawer I.

Related Image: Duplicate image see University of Chicago Library web page.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/mideast/photo/CairoStreet.html

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [JD 2/7/2007]