View of a dam on the Nile near Cairo, General view of the Nile dam, photograph, Part of a travel album with 80 photos of Egypt., check stamp: '1445', photographer: Maison Bonfils, Egypt, c. 1870 - c. 1898, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 221 mm x width 281 mm, dam, Ottoman Empire, Cairo (city), A wide riverside scene shows a long bridge extending into the distance with evenly spaced vertical supports rising from the water, leading to a series of brick towers with crenellated tops and arched openings; a larger ornate brick gateway with rounded turrets and decorative arches stands near the foreground, showing carved stonework and columned openings, while people in period clothing walk and stand near the entrance and on the embankment; a grassy slope occupies the right foreground and the calm river fills the left foreground, with a distant tree-lined shore visible under a pale sky.
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View of a dam on the Nile near Cairo, General view of the Nile dam, photograph, Part of a travel album with 80 photos of Egypt., check stamp: '1445', photographer: Maison Bonfils, Egypt, c. 1870 - c. 1898, North Africa, pasteboard, paper, albumen print, height 221 mm x width 281 mm, dam, Ottoman Empire, Cairo (city), A wide riverside scene shows a long bridge extending into the distance with evenly spaced vertical supports rising from the water, leading to a series of brick towers with crenellated tops and arched openings; a larger ornate brick gateway with rounded turrets and decorative arches stands near the foreground, showing carved stonework and columned openings, while people in period clothing walk and stand near the entrance and on the embankment; a grassy slope occupies the right foreground and the calm river fills the left foreground, with a distant tree-lined shore visible under a pale sky.

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View dam Nile near Cairo General view Nile dam photograph Part travel album 80 photos Egypt check stamp 1445 photographer Maison Bonfils c 1870 - c 1898 North Africa pasteboard paper albumen print height 221 mm x width 281 mm Ottoman Empire Cairo city wide riverside scene long bridge extending distance evenly spaced vertical supports rising water leading series brick towers crenellated tops arched openings larger ornate brick gateway rounded turrets decorative arches stands near foreground showing carved stonework columned openings people period clothing walk stand near entrance embankment grassy slope occupies right foreground calm river fills left foreground distant tree-lined shore visible under pale sky

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