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Egypt album

Brown cardboard album is bound with string. Affixed to the front cover is a watercolour of a man and a camel at the base of the Pyramids. Inserted into the 12 paper pages are photographs of wartime Egypt. There are two loose prints: one of a guard tower, and the other of a shield that reads "Patience!! NOUS te PLUMERONS." Also included are 2 postcards: one is of the H.M.H.S. Asturias, and is addressed to Mrs. Wm. Lawler, of Vancouver, B.C.; the other is a group portrait of soldiers, and is addressed to Mrs. E. Shaw, also of Vancouver.

Shields, Lorne

Mehmet Mosque, Cairo

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image framed in black and gold paint. Handwrtten in ink on a sticker on the glass "276 Mosque de Mehment-Ali de Caire" in french and in print "L. Manasse, Optician, 88 Madison Street, Chicago," and handwritten in pencil above is "Mosque de Mehmet Ali." Image is of the Mehmet Ali Mosque in Cairo, Egypt.

Obelisk and Temple of Karnak

Lantern slide, glass B&W slide in wood frame. Image is framed in black and gold. Sticker with a Y on wood frame. Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the glass "688 Obelisque et Temple de Karnak Egypte." in french. Image is of the ruins of the obelisk and temple of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt with a mule in the foreground.

Panorama of Cairo

Lantern slide, wood frame with glass positive B & W slide. Image is framed by black and gold (paint?). Handwritten in pencil on the wood frame is "Panorama of Cairo." Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the wood frame "Cairo - Panorama Egypt." Handwritten in ink on a sticker on the slide "Panorama du Caire 639" in french. Image of Cairo city, looks to be a market outside city walls (?).

South Africa horse album

Red cloth cover with embossed gold design. Watermark and stains on cover. White pages with two window openings per page.
Photographs are mostly taken in South Africa. Included are photographs of De Aar, which at the time was the second-most important railway junction in the country. Photographs are mostly of horses on polo fields, some of people playing polo, some of trains and people with horses. There are also photographs of military and military camps, and a photograph at Vry Staat Hotel.

South Africa-India album

Green cover with black edge and corners; spine and binding detached. Green end pages and brown pages throughout. Few handcoloured photographs; several photographs significantly yellowed.

Themes include landscapes, scenic views, snapshot portraits, carriages, coastal views, beach scenes, ships and boats, architectural photographs of popular sites, traditional or tribal dress, early car, military uniforms, weddings, horse-drawn carriages, elephant-back carriage.

Sites and locations include: Bay Esplanade, West Street, The Old Fort and Ocean Beach at Durban, South Africa; some places in Natal, South Africa.