Holy Land Digital Image Collections

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__|a  5116BAI/LVi34CAJS

1_|a  Bain, Robert E. M. |4  Photographer

00|a  The Nilometer, where Moses was found in the bulrushes |h  [Graphic]

1_|a  Earthly Footsteps of The Man of Galilee Being Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Original Photographic Views and Descriptions of the Places Connected with the Earthly Life of Our Lord and His Apostles Traced with Note Book and Camera showing where Christ was born, brought up, baptized, tempted, transfigured and crucified, together with the scenes of his prayers, tears, miracles and sermons, and also places made sacred by the labors of his apostles, from Jerusalem to Rome by Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., LL.D., Rev. James W. Lee, D.D., and R.E.M. Bain. London: A.M. Gardner & Co., Limited.

__|a  St. Louis, |c  1894.

__|a  1 photograph : |b  b&w ; |c  25.2 x 17.6 cm ( 10 x 7 in).

__|a  Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Exodus ii: 5.)-- 'And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side: and when she saw the ark among the flags she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child.' According to tradition, Moses was hid in the rushes near the scene which we give above. The Nilometer measures the annual rise of the river. It is situated at the southern extremity of the Island of Rhoda opposite old Cairo. Egypt is often called the gift of the Nile, and hence this river is held in almost sacred reverence by the natives. The inundation of the Nile begins about the end of June and reaches its highest point at the end of September. It then gradually subsides until by the end of January the country begins to dry up again." Copyright year and photographer's name are printed at the bottom of the photograph, along with "Franklin Co Eng-Chi." See 5308BAI/LVii34CAJS (Voyager # 360979).

__|a  Boats moored along the banks of the Nile; buildings on the far side; a wooden boat under construction is in the foreground

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__|a  Photograph not catalogued by Lazard--catalogued at CAJS

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_0|a  Boatbuilding

_0|a  Egypt

_0|a  Cairo

2_|a  A.M. Gardner & Co., Ltd. |4  Publisher

2_|a  Holy Land Image Collection

2_|a  Lenkin Photo Image Collection

0_|t  CAJS Image Collection |g  LVi |l  BAI |m  5116 |n  LVi34CAJS

0_|t  The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries