W. Mallaire (photographer. Agency: Harroun & Bierstadt N.Y.
Auteur
Elbert E. Farman
Description
English: Placing the Cleopatra's Needle Obelisk in the Hold of the Steamship Dessoug, on its way to Central Park in New York City, 1880
Date
1908
date QS:P571,+1908-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source / photographe
Egypt and Its Betrayal: An Account of the Country During the Periods of Ismaîl and Tewfik Pashas, and of How England Acquired a New Empire. Graphic from Page 169, Chapter XVI – The Removal of the Obelisk that Documents its move from Alexandria to New York City. Chapters XIV-XV documents the history of the New York City obelisk from its origins to how it came to rest in Central Park. E. E. Farman was the US Consul at Cairo who secured the obelisk for the United States and New York City.
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NYC Central Park Cleopatra's Needle 1880 loading into Steamship [http://books.google.com/books?id=btJBAAAAIAAJ&ots=26Q2SWpTfQ&dq=%22egypt%20and%20its%20betrayal%22&pg=PA154#v=onepage&q=&f=false “Egypt and its Betrayal”] by Elbert E. Farman, 1908. Ch
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