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The Saladin Citadel in Cairo, Egypt

2016-851
Accession Number
2016-851
3.1 x 2.0 inches
Black & White
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NAID 348728607
Related Collection
Daniel, Margaret Truman and E. Clifton Daniel Papers
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Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
This is a commercial photograph of the Saladin Citadel in Cairo, Egypt. The Citadel is a Muslim fortification built between 1176 and 1183 C.E. to defend against the invading Crusaders. E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. wrote on the back of the photograph: "Inside these walls is the great Mohammed Aly mosque, right, and the well where Joseph stored grain for the seven lean years." Part of a group of photographs originally sent by E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. to his mother.
Date(s)
ca.
1950