Medical supply boat. Appomattox Landing, Va., January, 1865. Photographer: Reekie, John
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Genre: War Photography View looking towards the river and the moorings of the paddle steamer 'Planter,' a smaller steamboat 'Relief,' and a number of barges: 'Historically connected with the closing scenes of the great rebellion, this river will forever be interesting. This picture was taken ab...
Genre: Archaeological Photography Photograph of three mummy cases and four small sculptured objects: 'The three Mummies represented in the photograph were brought from Thebes for a very wealthy and enterprizing gentleman, Mr. Barnet, the proprietor of the Museum at Niagara. The one with the bea...
Egyptian ruins, Serabit el Khadim. Photographer: McDonald, James
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Genre: Archaeological Photography General view of the ruins, with Arab figures posed in the middleground and stelae standing beyond: 'At Sarabit el Khadim are more turquoise mines and hieroglyphic tablets, more traces of copper-mining, and a curious collection of sculptured memorial stelæ, full...
Stele. Serabit el Khadim. Photographer: McDonald, James
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Genre: Archaeological Photography View of a large standing stele, with Arab figures posed beside it and mountains beyond. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs) at shelfmark Maps 29.d.28.
Mines at Serabit el Khadim. Photographer: McDonald, James
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Genre: Archaeological Photography View looking across the barren landscape at the site of ancient copper mines at Sarabit el Khadim, with a group of Arab figures posed in the foreground. For another copy of this photograph, see the duplicate set (with the two additional volumes of photographs)...
Ruins of convent in palm grove, Wady Feiran. Photographer: McDonald, James
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the bed of the wadi, towards the ruins of the monastery at the summit of the rocky hill on the far side: 'On the right bank of Wady Feiran, about a mile above the great convent [see print 16], there are the ruins of a smaller one covering the sur...
El Maharrad, ruined convent in Wady Feiran. Photographer: McDonald, James
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Genre: Archaeological Photography View of the ruined buildings of the monastery, covering the hillside: 'The ruins at Feiran are chiefly those of the old episcopal city of Pharan, and the churches, chapels, convents and tombs connected with it. The convent of Feiran and its church, called by th...