Picture No | 12094708 |
Date | 1898 |
Description | The Season in Cairo - at the Ghezereh Palace |
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The grounds of the Gezereh Palace Hotel, one of the most fashionable rendezvous in Cairo during the winter season when smart society flocked there. Every afternoon a military band would play while people of every nationality, but predominantly English, took tea, socialised and were approached by local street vendors looking to sell tourists curios.
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Source | Illustration by J. Da Costa in The Graphic, 3 December 1898 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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