- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Zangaki Brothers
- Title:
- Princeton University Library Collection of Adelphoi Zangaki Photographs
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2n49t175n
- Dates:
- circa 1870-1875
- Size:
- 1 box, 1.75 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm)
- Box 1
- Language:
- Greek, Modern
Abstract
Consists of an open collection of photographs by Adelphoi Zangaki (Zangaki Brothers), George and Constantine, Greek brothers, who worked as photographers in Egypt and the Ottoman Empire from the 1860s to the 1890s.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection is an open collection of photographs by Adelphoi Zangaki. Included are one photograph of the Theater of Dionysus (Athens) and eight views of scenes in Alexandria, Egypt.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Zangaki Brothers
C. & G. Zangaki were Greek photographers.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchase from Krul Antiquarian Books in 2005; Fattis Auctions in 2025. Acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic fund (AM 2005-115; 2005-142). Some of the photographs are gift by the Program in Hellenic Studies to the Princeton University Library (AM 2026-028).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012. New material added by Kalliopi Balatsouka in 2025. Finding Aid updated by Kalliopi Balatsouka in October 2022. New description and information provided by Kalliopi Balatsouka in 2025.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- 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:
Princeton University Library Collection of Adelphoi Zangaki Photographs; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2n49t175n
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm)
- Box 1
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Photographers -- Greece. -- 19th century
- Genre Terms:
- Photographs -- 19th century.
- Names:
- Teatro di Dioniso (Athēnai)
- Places:
- Athens (Greece) -- photographs
Athens (Greece) -- Antiquities. -- photographs
Greece -- photographs
Greece -- Antiquities. -- photographs
Alexandria (Egypt). -- photographs
Egypt. -- photographs