Cities and towns - Egypt
Album relating to Aydon's service and locations he visited
Date: 1970s
From: Aydon, Godfrey William, 1911-1981: Collection relating to service in World War II
By: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972
Reference: PA1-q-1245
Description: Album of photographs taken and collected by Godfrey William Aydon during his service in World War II, circa 1941 to 1945. Album compiled by Aydon's daughter Liz in the 1970s. Some prints have Aydon's writing on the back and these descriptions have been transcribed for album captions. Locations have been identified for most other prints. Photographers of commercial prints are unidentified. Album is divided into sections titled "People", "Cairo", "Alexandria", Jerusalem", "Nazareth", and "Beiriut". With the exception of the "People" section, the photographs are mainly from commercial tourist sets. Identified military personnel are Aydon, Russel Kirkby, Alex Inkster, Ross, Jack, and Goff. In some images some men hold or stand by guns. Other photographs relating to military life include the interior of Aydon's tent, the interior of the mess tent, and unidentified men in uniform on a doorstep holding two geese. Local people also feature, including unidentified men laying bricks and a man identified as "George", the Greek proprietor of George's Bar, who is pictured outside his establishment with a group of soldiers. The "People" section of the album includes a group portrait of soldiers in front of barracks at Trentham Army Camp taken by S. C. Smith. Images of cities and towns that Aydon visited include scenic images, cityscapes, and famous sites. Images of note include the Nile River in flood, millet fields, Cairo Citadel, Jerusalem War Cemetery and Memorial, and a number of churches and mosques. Also includes labels from Regal and Stella Light beer bottles (both made in Cairo, Egypt). Inscriptions: Recto - top left - To Dad | With lots of love | Mike + Liz Arrangement: Three prints, which had fallen from their album page, have been placed in an enclosure between the last page and back cover of the album. Photograph album was gifted to Aydon by his daughter Liz and son-in-law Mike. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 118 b&w original photographs, and 6 items of ephemera (beer labels). Physical Description: Instant stick album with photographic vista of mountain and lake on front and rear cover, spiral bound, 28.6 x 24.8
Photographs of food, Egypt
Date: 1990-2002
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6333
Description: Bowls of fruit. Garlic in a market stall. Views of a market. Apricot trees in flower. Melon soup. Staged photo of cordial drinks. Photographed by John Feeney from 1990 to ca 2002. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Painted houses, and Nile floods, Nubia
Date: 1964
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6290
Description: Photographs of mud built houses decorated with painted designs, Nubia. Views of the River Nile. Views of mud walled enclosures. Procession crossing bridge in unidentified city. The newly sited colossi of Abu Simbel. Sail boats on the Nile. Photographed by John Feeney in 1964. Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Medieval Cairo
Date: 1973
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6367
Description: Details of buildings. Windows covered with latice screens (mushrabiya). Small monument with marble curtains. Domed tombs in the City of the Dead. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Medieval Cairo, and Egypt
Date: 1965-1989
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6373
Description: Ornamental doorways. Domes and minarets. Tombs in the city of the dead. An architectural plan. Window lattice (mushrabiya). Painting of a battle. Ancient Egyptian bas relief. View of obelisks at Karnak. View of the pyramids at sunset. Sail boats on the Nile. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Various slides of Egypt and Egyptians
Date: 1963-[ca2000]
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6264
Description: From many of John Feeney's slide sequences. Include architectural details of ancient and medieval Egypt. Shadow puppets. Tent fabrics. Dancers from the Cairo Ballet. Portraits of Egyptians. Sail boats on the Nile. Mud sculptures. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Trip to England. Commercial photographs and postcards
Date: 1928
From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays
Reference: PA1-o-1057
Description: Commercial photographs and postcards collected on a trip to England in 1928. They include Perth Western Australia, the Suez Canal, Port said and Cairo in Egypt, Naples and Pompei in Italy, Toulon and Paris in France as well as a group showing the interiors of the Royal Palace at Fontainebleau, Windsor Castle, St Albans, Stratford on Avon, and Oxford in England. There is a photograph of the liner "Osterly", and others showing its first class public rooms. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Medieval Cairo
Date: 1980-1997
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6347
Description: Egyptian shadow puppets. Minarets. Exterior architectural details of buildings. Windows. Architectural plans. Engravings of a mill and weapons. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Imbaba Camel Market, Cairo, Egypt
Date: 1989
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6233
Description: Photographs of camels and activities at the Imbaba Camel Market, Cairo, Egypt. Photographed by John Feeney in 1989. Photographs taken for an article published in Saudi Aramco World November/December 1989. The article was written by Akram Khater with photographs by John Feeney. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Medieval Cairo
Date: 1984-1989
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6359
Description: Domed interior. Stone passages and other interior spaces (probably in the Cidadel). A gateway. A domed turret. A courtyard. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Scenes from Egyptian life and art
Date: 1963-1988
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6248
Description: Three actors. View of a shop. Tent maker. Women digging with stick. Women harvesting flowers. Man with turban. Mud sculptures. Woman with mud sculpture. Tapestry and weaver. Circus. 19th century colour prints. Coloured ceiling lights. Photographs taken by John Feeney between 1963 and 1988. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Portraits of Hassan Fathi, and Egyptian scenes
Date: 1976-1982
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6320
Description: Portrait of Hassan Fathi, Cairo, and of an elderly unidentified European woman. Various photographs of Egypt which include the monuments of ancient Egypt, Egyptians on the street, performers in theatre, a street seller selling pottery, and people picnicing in a cemetery. Photographed by John Feeney from 1976 to 1982. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Medieval Cairo
Date: 1984-1996
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6354
Description: Exterior architectural details of buildings. Qarafa Cemetery. Domes and minarets. Engravings of a metal or glass vessel and dish. Stained glass window. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898 :Alexandria from the sea, May 17th 1858. Suez May 20 1858.
Date: 1858
From: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898 :57th Reg. on the march across the desert, May 1858. Rear guard 400 men on donkeys; [and] Alexandria from the sea, May 17th 1858. Suez May 20 1858. [Double-sided watercolour].
By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898
Reference: A-354-021-2
Description: Shows a distant view of the port of Alexandria as seen from the water, and beneath it, a view of a town on the Suez with a sailboat with a rectangular sail in the foreground. Quantity: 2 watercolour(s) on one side of sheet. Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet 178 x 260 mm.
Imbaba Camel Market, Cairo, Egypt, and art by Emile Prisse
Date: 1990
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6234
Description: Photographs of camels and activities at the Imbaba Camel Market, Cairo, Egypt. Photographs of chromo-lithographic plates from works on Egypt and Arab art by Frenchman, Emile Prisse (Archille Constant Theodore Emile Prisse d'Avennes) 1807-1879. Photographs taken by John Feeney in 1989 and 1990. Photographs taken for an article published in Saudi Aramco World November/December 1989. The article was written by Akram Khater with photographs by John Feeney. Art works by Prisse were copied by Feeney to illustrate an article on the artist by Mary Norton published in Saudi Aramco World November/December 1990. Quantity: 17 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Views of Cairo, its buildings, and people
Date: 1978-2000
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6223
Description: Views of Cairo, its buildings, and people. Included are mosques, tombs, city walls and the nothern gate (Bab al-Futah) built in the 10th century. There are interior views and ornamental details of buildings. Photographed by John Feeney from 1978 to 2000. Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Swimmer Abla Khairy, Pyramids, and tent makers, Egypt
Date: 1975-1986
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6229
Description: Photographs relating to the young Egyptian woman swimmer, Abla Khairy. These include her swimming in the Gezira Club's swimming pool, and portraits of her. Details of the monuments of ancient Egypt include the Ramesseum, Karnak Temple Luxor, and the Pyramid of Cheops. Tentmakers working on colourful applique embroidered tents. Photographs taken by John Feeney from 1975 to 1986. Photographs of swimmer Abla Khairy, were taken to illustrate an article on her, written by Anthony Hogan and published in Saudi Aramco World May/June 1975. In August 1974 Khairy, aged 13, swam the English Channel. Tentmaker photographs probably relate to an article by John Feeney published in Saudi Aramco World November/December 1986. Illustrations were by Theresa Le Bas and John Feeney. Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
Medieval Cairo
Date: 1973-1989
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6366
Description: Windows covered by lattice screens (mushrabiya). Details of ornamented architecture. Interior ceiling lit by coloured apertures. Engraving of two women in an interior. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
The mosques of Cairo
Date: [ca1990]
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6258
Description: Exterior and interior details of the mosques of Cairo. Photographed by John Feeney in about 1990. Architectural slides from an original file `Cairo Adorned.' May have been used in article by Feeney published in Saudi Aramco world January/February 2005 called `A City Adorned' which is about the mosques of Cairo. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted
19th century engravings of Cairo, and portraits of Hassan Fathi
Date: 1981. 1997
From: Feeney, John Patrick, 1922-2006 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-6319
Description: 19th century coloured engravings of Cairo, it's buildings, and people. Portrait of Hassan Fathi, Cairo. Photographed by John Feeney in 1981 and 1997 Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler tranparencies, 35mm, mounted