WAUHammerschmidtWilhelmEgyptPHColl677.xmlGuide to the Wilhelm Hammerschmidt Egypt Photographs circa 1860s circa 1860sHammerschmidt (Wilhelm) Egypt PhotographsSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2005 (Last modified: 11/27/2017)
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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0677Hammerschmidt, WilhelmWilhelm Hammerschmidt Egypt photographscirca 1860s11 photographic prints (1 box)Collection materials are in English, with photograph captions in French and German.Photographs of cities and sites in Egypt, including Cairo, Alexandria, Aswān, Philae, and Karnak

Photographer Wilhelm Hammerschmidt had a shop in Cairo during the 1860s. He sold photographs as well as photographic equipment and supplies.

The collection consists of eleven black-and-white photographic prints made in the 1860s. The images depict sites in several Egyptian cities, including Cairo, Alexandria, and Aswān. The Cairo images include temples, mosques, and the Cairo citadel. Also included are images of temple complexes at Philae and Karnak; the famous Karnak obelisks appear in two photographs.

The collection is arranged according to geographic area.

View the digital version of the collection in the International Collections database.

Collection is open to the public.

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Processed by Shannon B. Lynch, 2005.

Karnak (Egypt)--PhotographsAswān (Egypt)--PhotographsCairo (Egypt)--PhotographsAlexandria (Egypt)--PhotographsPhilae (Egypt)--PhotographsTemples--Egypt--PhotographsMosques--Egypt--PhotographsObelisks--PhotographsVisual Materials Collections (University of Washington)ArchitectureInternationalReligionPhotographsArchitectural photographs

 

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

French and German captions appear on several images. Names of cities and sites have been Anglicized or modernized where necessary ( Caire is replaced with Cairo, Phylae with Philae, etc.).

11View of Cairo showing the Sultan Hassan Mosqueca. 1860s 22The Citadel, Cairoca. 1860s

This view of the citadel shows the western gate, Bab el-Azab.

33The Citadel, Cairoca. 1860s

View from the north.

44Fountain of Mohamed Ali Mosque, Cairoca. 1860s 55Men outside café, Cairoca. 1860s

Caption: "Café arabe au Caire," "Arabisches Kaffeehaus in Cairo."

66First cataract on the Nile River south of Aswānca. 1860s

Caption: "Premiere Cataracte, pres d'Assouan, partie au sud," "Erster Cataract, bei Assuan, sudlicher Theil."

77Plaza with consulate buildings, Alexandriaca. 1860s

Caption: "Place des Consuls à Alexandrie," "Platz der Consuln zu Alexandrien."

88Kiosk of Trajan, Philaeca. 1860s

Caption: "Ile de Phylae, temple Hypaethrale," "Insel Phylae, Hypaethral-Tempel."

99Temple ruins, Karnakca. 1860s XC210Obelisk and ruins, Karnakca. 1860s 1111Obelisk, Karnakca. 1860s