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Series I. Nile Reservoirs works at Aswan
Nile Reservoirs: views of Assuan, no. 1
Nile Reservoirs: views of Assuan, no. 1 [Photographs in box]

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Nile Reservoirs: views of Assuan, no. 1 [Photographs in box]

Description: Item numbers for the loose photographs added by library staff. Items no. 1-19 were originally inserted at the beginning of the album. Titles and dates chiefly transcribed from handwritten captions on photograph versos; titles and dates in square brackets devised by cataloger.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1899-1933.
Call number: photCL Burndy 1
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006. The albums were purchased for the Burndy Library Collection between 1999 and 2001 from book dealers including Marlborough Rare Books, C. J. Dennistoun Rare Books, and Charles B. Wood III Antiquarian Booksellers.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Aird, John, (1833-1911,)

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Fiorillo, F., (1849-1925,)

Garstin, William, (1866-1957,)

George, D. S., (1866-1957,)

Gianny, A.,

Lowe-Brown, William Lowe,

Macdonald, Murdoch,

Macdonald, Murdoch,

Marques, A.,

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