Canal Zone-Photos taken July 1953: General Naguib and party are shown leaving the Italian Catholic Hospital in Cairo. During a three-hour tour one day the General, accompanied by other officers, inspected schools and hospitals, Egypt.

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Canal Zone-Photos taken July 1953: General Naguib and party are shown leaving the Italian Catholic Hospital in Cairo. During a three-hour tour one day the General, accompanied by other officers, inspected schools and hospitals, Egypt.
Canal Zone-Photos taken July 1953: General Naguib and party are shown leaving the Italian Catholic Hospital in Cairo. During a three-hour tour one day the General, accompanied by other officers, inspected schools and hospitals, Egypt.
Artist/Maker (German, 1916 – 1964)
Date1953
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 × 8 1/4 in. (20.3 × 21 cm) Sheet: 8 × 8 1/4 in. (20.3 × 21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.103
Not on view

Additional Details

Markings Verso, top of page, affixed cream paper, black ink (typewritten): "CANAL ZONE - Photos Taken July 1953. Obv. / 44. General Naguib and party are shown leaving the Italian Catholic Hospital in Cairo. During a three hour tour one day the General, accompanied by other officers, inspected schools and hospitals."
Verso, middle, black ink, (stamp): "Photo by PIX Incorporated / 250 Park Avenue / New York City / Tel. Plaza 9-8500 / Please Credit - PIX - CLAUDE JACOBY / Licensing is granted only to the publication his photograph is sent to reproduce for one time only the picture appearing on this print it must not be loans, syndicated or used for advertising purposes without written permission."
Verso, bottom right side (green ink stamp): "Westport Public Library, Westport, Conn."
Inscribed Verso, top left corner, (pencil): "44"

Verso, bottom middle, (pencil): "EGYPT - MODERN, 1953"
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