Glass Slide of the Pyramid of Cheops (Egypt) Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Glass Slide of the Pyramid of Cheops (Egypt)

Date

  • Creation: [1882..1929]

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: A glass slide showing a photograph of the Pyramid of Cheops as seen from the West. The Pyramid of Cheops (also known as the Great Pyramid of Giza) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex, and borders what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. On the frame of the slide is printed "T. H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, 49 Nassau Street; New York." On the reverse, the slide is numbered No. 9527.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : glass positive, b&w

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Archaeology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Monuments
  • Thesaurus for Graphic Materials (LC): Lantern slides
  • Keyword: Pyramids of Giza (Egypt)
  • Keyword: Great Pyramid (Egypt)
  • Keyword: Slides (Photography)

Coverage

  • Place Name: Egypt - Giza Governorate - Giza
  • Coverage Date: [1882..1929]

Collection

  • Name: Hardin-Simmons Glass Lantern Slide Collection
    Code: HSGSC
  • Name: Abilene Library Consortium
    Code: ABCM

Institution

  • Name: Hardin-Simmons University Library
    Code: HSUL

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: Box 1, Slide 45.
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1241729
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