Egypt 1900: The View through Postcards

by Alain Blottière
Foreword by Barry Iverson
Hardcover| 48 pages | 46 illustrations | 17×24 cm | English/French
1993 | isbn 9775170028

Postcards’ popularity in Egypt began in the late 19th century with Thomas Cook’s Nile steamers. The new era of popular tourism created a market for souvenir pictures, handy proof of one’s travels and enhanced status as worldly, previously reserved for the wealthy and few courageous travellers. These postcards, because they are old photographs, offer the magic of a voyage through time.