Identity area
Reference code
Photographs/Allan/A/A1
Unique identifier
GB 275 Photographs/Allan/A/A1
Title
Album labelled 'Egypt the desert blooms'
Date(s)
- 1937 (Circa) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
c. 175 black and white photos (mostly loose)
Context area
Name of creator
(1894-1960)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The catch is labelled 'Desert near Cairo Wadi Natroon Dist. Alexandria Road 1937 ... G.W. Allan'. Inside the cover are attached 10p of typescript entitled 'The desert in bloom'. On the first page is a hand drawn map with small photos attached headed 'The map pf Cairo-Alexandria asphalt road district including Wadi Natroun Monasteries Burg El Arab Mariut - city of Mina and flowers of the desert in the spring'.