Collection Photo, Print, Drawing Bilder aus Mekka
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Title
- Bilder aus Mekka
Summary
- Photographs depicting scenes in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Includes aerial views of the city, government buildings, mosques and shrines. Also shows pilgrims during the Hajj, camp sites, and men from the ruling familes of Mecca.
Names
- Abd al-Ghaff r, al-Sayyid, Physician of Mecca, photographer
- Minami Mansh Tetsud Kabushiki Kaisha. T a Keizai Ch sakyoku (1939-1945), DLC, former owner
- Snouck Hurgronje, C. (Christiaan), 1857-1936, author
Created / Published
- Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1889.
Headings
- - Muslims--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--1880-1890
- - Mosques--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--1880-1890
- - Pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--1880-1890
- - Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--1880-1890
Headings
- Albumen prints--1880-1890.
- Cityscapes--1880-1890.
- Group portraits--1880-1890.
- Portfolios--1880-1890.
- Portrait prints--1880-1890.
Genre
- Cityscapes--1880-1890
- Group portraits--1880-1890
- Portrait prints--1880-1890
- Albumen prints--1880-1890
- Portfolios--1880-1890
Notes
- - Includes German "Explanation of the plates" caption list.
- - Title from item.
- - Photographs attributed to al-Sayyid Abd al-Ghaff r by scholar Claude Sui. (Source: "Travel to the Holy Land and photography in the nineteenth century" by Claude Sui. Chapter in: To the Holy Lands: Pilgrimage centres from Mecca and Medina to Jerusalem. Mannheim: Reiss-Engelhorn Museum, 2008, pages 56-63)
- - Sixteen single images measure 19 x 24 cm. Four images (2 on a sheet) measure 16 x 11 cm. or smaller.
- - Digitized images of each portfolio page and associated identifying information are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog.
- - Transfer; ca. 1946.
- - LC copy has ink stamp in Japanese: [Minami Mansh Tetsud Kabushiki Kaisha T a Keizai Ch sakyoku z sho no in] (in possession of Southern Manchuria Railroad Co. East Asia Economic Research Division). Portfolio has book stamp in Arabic on inside front cover stating connection with the Southern Manchuria Railroad Company, East Asia Economic Research Division. Arabic text on book stamp reads: [H dh al-mujallad t bi li-maktabat Maktab al-Ab th al-Iqti d yah lil-Sharq al-Aq ̀bi-Sharikat Sikak al- ad d Mansh riy al-Jan b yah]. Copy also has receipt from Washington Documentation Center, date stamped 27 Aug. 1946 attached to acompanying half title page.
Medium
- 1 portfolio (20 photographic prints) : albumen ; 38 x 29 cm. (portfolio).
Call Number/Physical Location
- LOT 7088 (G) (USE DIGITAL IMAGES) [P&P]
Repository
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
- ppmsca 35465 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.35465
- ppmsca 35468 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.35468
- ppmsca 35469 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.35469
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2013646245
Rights Advisory
- No known restrictions on publication.
Online Format
- image