Larrington, Linda & Janette: Souvenir of Cairo

An annotated 'Souvenir of Cairo' tourist booklet published by the Cairo PostCard Trust and sent by William James Hamilton to his parents, while he was based at Zeitoun camp, Egypt, in World War I. Contains 32 black and white photographic prints of Cairo city and environs.

The annotation in pencil on the backpage of the booklet, consists of one short letter dated Thursday 11 Nov 1915 written by "Will" to his "dear parents".

The booklet contains one loose page containing a short letter written in pencil by "Will" to "My Dear Ruby" and dated Friday 12 November 1915, at Zeitoun. The page was placed at the back of the booklet, and appears to be from another copy of a tourist booklet which was sent to "Ruby".

New Zealand sapper William James Hamilton served in Egypt during World War I.

Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Physical Description: Small bound red leather volume with gilded and illustrated cover embossed with 'No. 572 Edit. The Cairo PostCard Trust'. Contains concertina folded pages of photographs. 16 x 11.5 cm

Provenance: The donors are the grandchildren of William James Hamilton.

Transfers: Donated with copies of published newspapers "The Camp Courier", 'The Soldier Boys", and "Chums: An illustrated paper for boys" which are held in the NZ&P collection and described on the National Library of New Zealand catalogue..