- Collection Overview
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Palestine - Égypte - Grèce. Photograph Album, approximately 1880
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Consists of a photograph album entitled "Palestine - Égypte - Grèce" of (98) photographs from the Holy Land and Greece. Most of the photographs of the Holy Land (64) are taken by the photographers Felix Bonfils and Zangaki Brothers and include views of Jerusalem (31), Haifa, Nazareth, Palestine, Jaffa, Bethlehem, Alexandria, Cairo and Memphis. Among the (34) photographs from Greece are included images of Patra (3); Athens (the Acropolis, the Kerameikos cemetery and other classical monuments); Piraeus (21); Mycenae (Lion Gate) (3); Corinth (1); and Nauplio (1). All photographs are large albumen prints (~28.5 x 22.5 cm each), attached on thick cartons. They are numbered and bear handwritten or printed captions, in French and in English. Photographs by Bonfils and Zangaki are signed; the rest are from unidentified photographers. Album is bound in red fabric over hard boards.
- Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the name of the creator or by the date of acquisition.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund. (AM 2023-111)
- Appraisal
No material was separated during processing.
- Processing Information:
This item was processed and described by Kalliopi Balatsouka in June 2023.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Palestine - Égypte - Grèce. Photograph Album; General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, C0140, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss)
- Boxes P-000208
NoteBoxes 59 and 63 are stored in special vault facilities.
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Parts of this collection are available on microfilm, cataloged separately as RCPXM-7497696.
- Separated Materials
Citizens of Coculco & Tempatetetzintla v. Antonio de Padilla, 1624, previoulsy in Box 10, has been removed and transferred to the Princeton Collection of Mesoamerican Manuscripts (C0940).
- Genre Terms:
- Albumen prints.
Photographs -- 19th century.
Photograph albums -- 19th century - Places:
- Athens (Greece) -- photographs
Piraeus (Greece). -- photographs
Jerusalem (Israel). -- photographs
Haifa (Israel) -- Photographs.
Cairo (Egypt). -- photographs
Acropolis (Athens, Greece). -- photographs
Parthenon (Athens, Greece). -- photographs
Mycenae (Extinct city). -- photographs
Piraeus (Greece). -- photographs
Palestine. -- photographs
