"SPHINX & PYRAMIDS.", Cairo, Egypt

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Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

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Scope and Contents: [B]inder [artist signature][,] 1914; SPHINX & PYRAMIDS. CAIRO; Oilette; Tuck [logo]; Copyright London; Printed in England; THE[,] "WIDE - WIDE - WORLD"[,] SERIES; LUXOR; Tuck [logo]; Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE"; Postcard No. 3458; ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN.; After the Original Painting by TONY BINDER; lion & unicorn [logo][,] By Appointment.; TUCK'S POST CARD[,] CARTE POSTALE; The Sphinx and Pyramids. The Great Sphinx at Giza Is[,] a colossal form hewn out of the natural rock, and lies about a[,] quarter of a mile south-east of the Great Pyramid, which is[,] the largest and most famous of all the pyramids. It was[,] the sepulchre of King Chufus (3733-3666 B.C.). Its height was[,] originally 481 ft. and its base 774 feet square. In other words,[,] it was higher than St. Paul's Cathedral on an area about the[,] size of Lincoln's Inn Fields.; (FOR ADDRESS ONLY}; Tuck [trademark]. Photographed by Binder, Tony, 1868-1944. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons

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