Hand-coloured photo of Alexandria harbour around 1895, with steamships and sailing ships beyond stone canal locks and a wooden footbridge

Antique bird's-eye map of walled Alexandria, with red-roofed buildings, green fields, camels and boats along the shore — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

Alexandria: The Harbor and the Locks

Pictures by Photoglob Co. and Braun & Hogenberg

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Steamers and sailing ships crowd the soft blue harbour of Alexandria beside the old canal locks, in a hand-coloured photochrom from around 1895, with Braun and Hogenberg's 1575 map of the city inside. Founded in 331 BC and named after Alexander the Great, Alexandria was once home to the ancient world's famous Library and its great lighthouse. For a traveller or anyone who loves old places.

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Alexandria · Photochrom / THE HARBOR AND THE LOCKS / Photochrom, Photoglob Co., c. 1895 / Steamers and sailing ships fill the soft blue harbor beside the canal locks. Founded in 331 BC and named after Alexander the Great, Alexandria was home to the ancient world's famous Library and its great lighthouse. / Photochrom print · Library of Congress · Inside and behind: Alexandria, Braun & Hogenberg, 1575 · Library of Congress

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