Identity area
Reference code
Photographs/Allan/A/A5
Unique identifier
GB 275 Photographs/Allan/A/A5
Title
Album labelled 'La nouvelle route T[ ] - Sinaïq[ ] Egypte - Palestine est terminée' and 'Egypt'
Date(s)
- 1935–1940 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
138 black and white photos
Context area
Name of creator
(1894-1960)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Note on the cover reads 'Cairo - El Arish Road 1935-1940'. Hand-drawn map inside front cover showing 'The new asphalt road' between Cairo and Jerusalem. Newspaper cuttings about the road and 138 captioned black and white photos. Also contains two typescripts entitled 'Sinai road construction' (4p) and 'Pioneering in the desert' (3p).