[Egyptian Obelisk, 'Cleopatra's Needle,' in Alexandria, Egypt], ca. 1870, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 15.5 x 20.8 cm (6 1/8 x 8 3/16 in.), Photographs, Attributed to Francis Frith (British, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 1822–1898 Cannes, France), Here the Central Park obelisk sits in its late nineteenth-century environment, a neglected area of the Alexandria harbor. What this photograph did not capture was the new buildings going up nearby, indicating the harbor was undergoing modernization
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Egyptian Obelisk, Cleopatra, Needle, Alexandria, Egypt, ca, 1870, Albumen silver print, glass negative, Image, 15.5 x 20.8 cm, 6 1/8 8 3/16, Photographs, Attributed to Francis Frith, British, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 1822–1898, Cannes, France, Central Park obelisk, sits, late nineteenth-century, environment, neglected area, Alexandria harbor, photograph, capture, new buildings, going, up, indicating, harbor, undergoing modernization
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