"The Pilgrimage to Abu Seri'A", Egypt
name: label: Creator
content: Raphael Tuck & Sons
place: label: Place
content: Egypt
topic: label: Topic
content: Transportation
creator: label: Creator
content: Raphael Tuck & Sons
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content: Stephen Grant postcards
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content: Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Cairo
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Postcard (Binder, color, 5.5 x 3.5 in)
unitdate: label: Date
content: c. 1914
container: label: Container
content: Binder 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-3191
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Postcards
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content: Title created using postcard caption.
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content: Oilette; Tuck [logo]; N. Haddon [artist signature] 1914; The Pilgrimage to Abu Seri'A; Copyright London; THE[,] "WIDE - WIDE - WORLD"[,] SERIES; PICTURESQUE EGYPT[,] HELWAN; Printed in England; Tuck [logo]; Raphael Tuck & Sons' "OILETTE"; Postcard No. 8963; ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN.; lion & unicorn [logo][,] By Appointment.; TUCK'S POST CARD[,] CARTE POSTALE.; The Pilgrimage to Abu Seri'A. Situated in[,] the desert, about 40 miles East of Helwan, the[,] sacred tombs of Abu Seri'A are the object of a[,] great Annual Pilgrimage[,] Thither, at the time of the full-moon in March,[,] flock crowds of pilgrims--Bedouin and Fela-[,]heen--both mounted and on foot, making their[,] way from all parts of Egypt, and gathering in the[,] great Wâdy Abu Salâma (the Valley of Greeting),[,] from whence they travel on to the tombs.[,] Many of the pilgrims passing through Helwan,[,] make a halt, and encamp there for the night[,] This affords visitors an opportunity of seeing[,] one of the most typical and picturesque sights in[,] all Egypt.[,] On the return journey no halt is made: the[,] pilgrims being eager to reach their homes,[,] satisfied with having accomplished their pilgrim-[,]age, and tired out with their week of excitement[,] and festivities; (FOR ADDRESS ONLY.); Tuck [trademark]. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons