Please see Glass Stereoviews for other views of the Mideast.
Mideast197. Edward L. Wilson, Phila. Scenes in the Orient. 229. The Presbyterian Mission School for Girls. G. $50
Mideast218. John Cramb. Published by Andrew Duthie, Glasgow. Views in Palestine. 9. The Garden of Gethsemane. G. $75
Mideast226. Francis Frith. Vues de la Terre Sainte. 440. Panorama de Damas. Damascus. G. $35
Mideast227. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 447. Nablous. G. $35
Mideast228. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 420. Jerusalem, from the top of the Citadel, looking North-East. G. $30
Mideast229. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 435. The Ford of the Jordan, the site of the Baptism. G. $25
Mideast235. E.H., Paris. Palestine et Syrie. 18. Jerusalem: Lieu de l’Ascension de N.S. G. $20
Mideast238. E.H., Paris. Palestine et Syrie. 55. La mer morte. G. $15
Mideast239. E.H., Paris. Palestine et Syrie. Jerusalem Basilique du St. Sepulchre. G. $15
Mideast243. J. Andrieu, photo; B.K., Paris, publisher. Vues de Palestine et d’Egypte. 2734. Tour de David a Jerusalem. G. $15
Mideast247. J. Andrieu,, photo; B.K., Paris, publisher. Vues de Palestine et d’Egypte. 2968. Mosquee de Mohanned-Ali, a la Citadelle Le Caire. G. $15
Mideast255. J. Andrieu, photo; B.K., Paris, publisher. Vues de Palestine et d’Egypte. 2937. Minaret de la Mosquee & Propylone du Grand-Temple. G. $15
Mideast260. J. Andrieu, photo; B.K., Paris, publisher. Vues de Palestine et d’Egypte. 2759. Tombeau de David & Le Cenacle a Jerusalem. G. $20
Mideast283. No ID. Asien: Syrien & Palastina. No. 2015. Panorama von Jerusalem und der Kirche St. Anna. G. $15
Mideast284. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 21. The Tomb of Rachel, with Olive Tree. An authentic site, “A little way” from Bethlehem. G. $40
Mideast292. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 446. Nablous. VG. $35
Mideast298. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 454. Baalbec. Octagon Temple. Blindstamp of the London Stereoscopic Company in right margin. G. $25
Mideast299. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 456. The Cedars of Lebanon. Blindstamp of the London Stereoscopic Company in left margin. G. $25
Mideast300. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 451. Baalbec. View from the North-West Angle of the Temple. Blindstamp of the London Stereoscopic Company in right margin. G. $25
Mideast303. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 424. Bethanie Prise du Midi. G. $25
Mideast304. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 414. Jerusalem. G. $25
Mideast309. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 408. Jerusalem, Eglise de Ste. Anne. VG. $35
Mideast310. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 421. Jerusalem, The English Pr0testant Church. Blindstamp of the London Stereoscopic Company in right margin. G. $25
Mideast311. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 405. Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives. VG. $35
Mideast314. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 444. Nazareth, vue de North-Est. VG. $35
Mideast316. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 435. Le que du Jourdain. Tinted. VG. $35
Mideast317. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 418. Jerusalem. Tinted. VG. $35
Mideast318. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 400 Gaza, La Ville Moderne. VG. $35
Mideast328. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 452. Baalbec. Vue de Sud-Est. VG. $35
Mideast334. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 427. Hebron, La Piscine de David. G. $25
Mideast341. Caire. Mosque d’aurvu au Viena Caire. G. $20
Mideast342. Untitled overview, probably Cairo. VG. $25
Mideast344. C.F. Spittler, Jerusalem. Mosheeres Sachara? VG. $25
Mideast345. H. Guerard, paris. Vue prise a Tropoli (Syrie). VG. $25
Mideast346. 139. Baalbek-View of the Temple of Jupiter. VG. $20
Mideast347. Henri Guerard. Le pont des Bazars, a Tropoli (Syrie). VG. $25
Mideast348. J. Andrieu. 2783. Le Jourdain, lieu ou Jesus-Christ a ete Baptise par St. Jean-Baptiste. G. $10
Mideast349. J. Andrieu. 2794. Vue Generale du Convent de St. Sabas pres Jerusalem. G. $15
Mideast350. J. Andrieu. 2814. Vue Generale de Jerusalem. VG. $20
Mideast351. J. Andrieu. 2773. Vue Generale de Jerusalem. VG. $20
Mideast352. J. Andrieu. 2769. Puits des Rois pres Bethlehem. VG. $15
Mideast353. J. Andrieu. 2784. Vue Generale de Saint-Jean-dans-le-Desert. G. $15
Mideast354. J. Andrieu. 2836. Vue Generale de Nazareth. G. $10
Mideast355. Cairo. VG. $25
Mideast356. Street of the Citadel, Cairo. VG. $25
Mideast357. Vue prise Mokhatam? pres du Caire. G. $20
Mideast358. 4103. Suez: The New Harbour. G. $20
Mideast360. Frank M. Good, London. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 27B. Jerusalem-Via Dolorosa. G. $20
Mideast361. Frank M. Good, London. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 53. Mount Hermon-The Mount of Transfiguration. G. $20
Mideast362. Frank M. Good, London. Good’s Eastern Series. no. 22A. Jerusalem-From the Mount of Olives. G. $20
Mideast365. Edward L. Wilson, Philadelphia. Scenes in the Orient. Arabia. 4. Arab Beggars in the Mosque Court. G. $25
Mideast372. Francis Frith. Views in Egypt and Nubia. 392. The Court of Sheshonk, (The Shishak of the Scriptures), at Karnac. VG. $35
Mideast 377. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 41A. Group at Nazareth. VG. $50
Mideast378. [Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series.] Nazareth from the East. VG. $35
Mideast380. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 5. Sinai–Wady Feiran. Paran. Wild Palms. VG. $35
Mideast382. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 45. Tiberias–Encampment by the Lake. VG. $35
Mideast385. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 102. Egypt–Cairo. From the Citadel, with Mosque of Sultan Hassan. VG. $35
Mideast386. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 109. Egypt–Cairo. Mosque of Mohammed Ali. VG. $35
Mideast404. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 22B. Jerusalem.–From En Rogel. G. $20
Mideast420. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 33b. Jerusalem–The Mosque of Omar. The Site of Solomon’s Temple. G. $20
Mideast421. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 132. Egypt–Cairo. Palace occupied by the prince and Princess of Wales on their visit to Egypt. Nibble at bottom left corner. G-. $20
Mideast422. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 31. Jerusalem–The English Church. VG. $25
Mideast423. Francis Frith. Views in the Holy Land. 415. Jerusalem. Tinted. G-. $25
Mideast424. Francis Frith. Views in Egypt and Nubia. 394. Great Hall of Columns at Karnac. G. $25
Mideast426. Egypt and Nubia. 149. The Colossi of Memnon, at Thebes. Egypt. G. $25
Mideast431. Egypt and Nubia. 209. Tombs of the Memlook Kings, Cairo. G. $35
Mideast432. Egypt and Nubia. 161. Portion of the Columnar Court in the Temple of Karnak, Thebes. Egypt. VG. $35
Mideast437. Francis Frith. Views in Egypt and Nubia. 368. The two Obelisks and part of the Hall of Columns at Karnac. G. $35
Mideast438. 1105. Le temple de Derr en Nubie. G. $15
Mideast439. L.L., Paris. Palestine & Syrie. 10154. Ba’lbek. Ensemble des Temples du Soleil et de Jupiter. (Syrie.) G. $25
Mideast440. No ID. Nr. 60. Speos a Athyr a Thebes. VG. $25
Mideast441. Francis Frith. Views in Egypt and Nubia. 348. Assouan, The Frontier Town of Upper Egypt. G+. $25
Mideast442. No. 97. Egypt-Cairo. Bedouin and Dromedary. G+. $15
Mideast443. No. 68. Egypt-Cairo. Street View, from Mosque of Sultan Hassan. VG. $20
Mideast444. No. 63. Egypt-Cairo. Mosque of Mohammed Ali, (built of Veined Alabaster). G+. $20
Mideast449. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 8. Sinai-Mount Horeb. Ras Susafeh, and Plain of the Assemblage. G. $20
Mideast451. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 38. Shechem, Nablous, between Ebal and Gerizim. G. $20
Mideast 454. Charles Bierstadt. 112. Dead Sea, looking towards Mount Moab, Palestine. VG. $15
Mideast457. Francis Frith. Views in Egypt and Nubia. No. 309. Facade of the Great Rock Temple of Abou Simbel, in Nubia. VG. $35
Mideast462. Francis Frith. 491. Views in Egypt. Second Series-Cairo. The Mosques of Mardani and Sultan Hassan. City Walls, and General View looking SW. Tinted. VG. $40
Mideast463. Francis Frith. 490. Views in Egypt. Second Series-Cairo. Cairo, from the Citadel. VG. $35
Mideast464. Francis Frith. 375. Views in Egypt and Nubia. Rock Tombs, under the Great Pyramid at Geezeh. VG. $35
Mideast465. Francis Frith. 349. Views in Egypt and Nubia. The Sphynx and the Great Pyramid, at Geezeh. Tinted. G. $35
Mideast466. Francis Frith. 365. Views in Egypt and Nubia. General View of Karnac, from near the granite pylon. VG. $35
Mideast467. Francis Frith. 381. Views in Egypt and Nubia. 381. The Memnonium at Thebes. VG. $35
Mideast468. Francis Frith. 356. Views in Egypt and Nubia. The Temple of Edfou, of the Grecian Period. Tinted. VG. $40
Mideast469. Francis Frith. 397. Views in Egypt and Nubia. Tombs of the Memlook Kings at Cairo. VG. $30
Mideast470. Francis Frith. 394. Views in Egypt and Nubia. The Entrance to the Great Temple of Luxor, showing the beautiful granite obelisk of Rameses the Great, and two of the Half-buried and mutilated colossi which stand before the great pylon. G. $25
Mideast471. Francis Frith. 332. Views in Egypt and Nubia. Sculptured Gateway in the Island of Philae. G. $25
Mideast472. 134. Egypt & Nubia. View, taken at the first Cataract, Egypt. VG. $35
Mideast473. 183. Egypt & Nubia. The Sphinx and Pyramid, near Cairo, Egypt. No. 2. VG. $40
Mideast474. 129. Egypt & Nubia. Osiris’ Pillar, and the Obelisk at Philae, Egypt. VG. $35
Mideast475. Francis Frith. 345. Views in Egypt and Nubia. The Remarkable Granite Formation, between the First Cataract and Philae, with a distant view of that Island. G. $25
Mideast478. 803. Inauguration du Canal de Suez. La Flotte au Moment du Depart de Port-Said. (Instantanee). VG. $50
Mideast479. 819. Inauguration du Canal de Suez. Dragues a Long Couldir a Suez. VG. $35
Mideast480. 815. Inauguration du Canal de Suez. Smaila: Canal d’eau douce, cote du Desert (Instantanee). VG. $35
Mideast481. 811. Inauguration du Canal de Suez. Ismaila: Canal d’eau Douce, Arrivee des Scheiks Arabe (Instantanee). VG. $50
Mideast482. 812. Inauguration du Canal de Suez. Swaila: Campement Arabe au Bord du Lac Timsan (Instantanee). VG. $50
Mideast483. 807. Inauguration du Canal de Suez. Embarquement des Troupes a Port-Said. (Instantanee). VG. $75
Mideast484. 1188. Vue panoramique du Caire, avec la mosquee de Cherbakia (no. 1). G. $20
Mideast487. 1220. Vue prise a la mosquee d’Amrou, au Vieux0Caire (no. 2). VG. $15
Mideast489. 1152. Colonnade d’Osiris au temple de Memnon at Thebes. G. $15
Mideast490. 1116. Vue d’un palmier thebaide (Doum) aux environs de Kalabschi (Nubie). VG. $15
Mideast491. 1215. Un tombeau mameluk avec la mosquee de Mehemed-Ali, au Caire. VG. $20
Mideast492. 1192. Panorama du Caire (no. 3). G. $20
Mideast493. 823. Cour interieure de la mosquee de Touloun (en arabe Gam’a Touloun) au Caire (Egypte). VG. $20
Mideast495. Portique de temple d’Isis, a Denderah autrefois Teutyris (Haute-Egypte). G. $15
Mideast496. 1187. Rue de la Mosquee de Cherbakia au Caire. VG. $20
Mideast498. Charles Gaudin, Paris. Egypte. Vue generale du Memnonium ou Reameseum, Thebes. VG. $35
Mideast500. Charles Gaudin, Paris. Egypte. Rene de la Citadelle, Caire. VG. $35
Mideast501. Charles Gaudin, Paris. Egypte. Tombeau des rois mameluks, Caire. VG. $35
Mideast502. Charles Gaudin, Paris. Egypte. Le Temple de Drakkeh, Nubie. VG. $35
Mideast504. Charles Gaudin, Paris. Egypte. Vue generale de Philae prise de l’Ile de Beghe. G. $15
Mideast509. Charles Gaudin, Paris. Egypte. Vue generale les ruines de Karnak, Thebes. VG. $25
Mideast530. Francis Frith. Views in Egypt and Nubia. 364. The Principal Ruins of Karnac from the Eastern Side, near the Unfinished Pylon of Necta Nebo. VG. $35
Mideast531. Francis Frith. Views in Egypt and Nubia. 367. The Principal Ruins of Karnac from the Easter side, near the Unfinished Pylon of Necta Nero. G. $25
Mideast532. Francis Frith. Views in Egypt and Nubia. 347. The Approach to Philae, from the North. G. $25
Mideast533. Francis Frith. Views in Egypt and Nubia. 372. Great Hall of Columns at Karnac. VG. $35
Mideast534. Francis Frith. Views in Egypt and Nubia. 341. The Hypaethral Temple at Philae, usually called “Pharoah’s Bed.” G. $25
Mideast535. Egypt and Nubia. 168. The Columns of Osiris in the Temple of Karnak, Egypt. G. $20
Mideast536. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 3. Sinai-Wady Mukatteb. The Written Valley. G. $20
Mideast537. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 32B. Jerusalem-The Golden Gate. G. $20
Mideast538. Frank M. Good. Good’s Eastern Series. No. 20. Wilderness of Engedi. Convent of Mar Saba, with Ravine of the Kidron. G. $20
Mideast539. Egyptian Musician. VG. $15
Mideast541. Harem Ladies in Cairo. VG. $25
Mideast544-612. Collection of Sixty-Nine Early Original Albumen Stereoview Photographs of Egypt, Showing the Alexandria Waterworks and Kom Ad Dikah Neighborhood, Almost Certainly Taken by European Associates of the Waterworks and Their Servants, Views of Cairo, and Ancient Egyptian Temples and Sites along the Nile. 1863-4.
Sixty-nine pairs of mounted albumen stereoview photographs on card, each pair ca. 8×14 cm (3 x 5 ½ in) or slightly smaller. Fifteen cards with period ink captions in English or French and dates on versos (“1863” or “1864,” nine dates include months). Forty-two other cards with period manuscript captions in English and/or French on versos, some lengthy; over thirty captions with manuscript references to “Murray’s handbook.”. A few images mildly faded, but overall a very good collection of strong interesting photos.
An interesting early collection of Egyptian stereoviews with an evident connection to the Alexandria Waterworks, or Alexandria Water Company, which was founded in 1860 in order to manage the city’s water supply and sewerage. Eight photos (two identical) have captions referring either to “waterworks,” “etablissement des eaux,” or “Com-ed-Dik” (Kom Ad Dikah) hill and neighborhood of Alexandria where the plant was located. Dated November-December 1863, the photos show the waterworks’ engine house, central court, one of the buildings under construction, and two views of “Village de Com-ed-dic, vue prise du reservoir.” Of the nineteen other photos, not directly captioned as taken in the waterworks, eight are dated November 1863 – February 1864 in the same or similar hand (portraits of “Mons. Goifont”(?), Egyptian boy “Massaout,” “Mr. Moses Meredith,” and a Caucasian family with a baby), and at least seven depict the same or similar landscapes and buildings (Kom Ad Dikah neighborhood, general view of the waterworks with the distinctive engine house, two group portraits of European men and three portraits of Egyptian servants posing in front of the same building as on the captioned photos). The photographs were likely taken or assembled by a British or French associate of the Alexandria waterworks who photographed his place of work and also went on a cruise up the Nile to see the Egyptian antiquities.
Egyptian cities and ancient sites are shown on forty-two stereoviews, most of which have extensive manuscript notes on versos, as well as accurate references to the famous “Handbook for travelers in Lower and Upper Egypt” issued by John Murray (1st ed. in 1847, the 11th edition in 1907).
The photos show Alexandria (general view, Grand Square, Cleopatra’s Needle, Pompey’s Pillar); Cairo (general view, the Citadel, the Tombs of the Caliphs, Uzbekeeh Square, “garden near the Oriental Hotel,” Bulaq neighborhood taken from the Nile, interior of the Mosque of Sultan Barquq); Pyramids of Giza (the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx, general view of the complex, “El Kafr, village near the Pyramids”); Karnak Temple (general views, statues of goddess Pacht, Avenue of Sphinxes, Great Hypostyle Hall); Thebes and environs (temple in Hermonthis/Armant, “temple-palace at Old Koorneh,” Luxor, Colossi of Memnon, Ramesseum, Tombs of the Kings); temples in Medinet Habu, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Abu Simbel and Dakka (in its original state, before it collapsed in 1908-9, was rebuilt by Alessandro Barsanti, and relocated in the 1960s during the construction of the Aswan High Dam); Aswan and environs (Philae Island and temple, Biggeh/ Elephantina Island, Nile at the site of Aswan); Djebel-Silsileh (Gebel el-Silsila) mountains and famous quarries between Edfu and Kom Ombo. Overall an interesting extensive collection of early unusual stereoviews of Egyptian ancient and modern sites.
“The city [Alexandria] was provided with gas in 1865, and is also now well supplied with water. The old cisterns, the number of which is said still to exceed a thousand, and the situation of which enables us to determine the direction of the ancient streets, have been superseded by the modern waterworks, completed in 1860, which are supplied by the Moharrem-Bey Canal, a branch of the Mahmudiyeh Canal. The reservoir, into which the water is pumped by steam, after having been filtered, is situated on the top of the Kom ed’Dik hill, the site of the Paneum of antiquity, and is capable of containing 10,000 cubic metres of water (about 360,000 cubic feet). The water-rate per cubic meter (36 cubic feet) is now 1 fr. only, while for the same quantity the old water-carriers used to receive 2 fr. 25 c.” (Baedeker, K. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers. Part 1. Leipzig & London, 1885, p. 216). VG. $2500