The Obelisk now in Central Park, New York, as it stood in Alexandria, Egypt.

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A photograph of the original location of the Obelisk that now stands in New York. It shows the broken down building in the foreground with men looking towards the viewer; behind it stands the obelisk and in the background is another building.
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Caption: "The Obelisk now in Central Park, New York, as it stood in Alexandria, Egypt."
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"The Obelisk now in Central Park, New York, as it stood in Alexandria, Egypt.." (1884) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/21484.
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Obelisk; Central Park (New York); Alexandria (Egypt); Art & Artifacts
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Rice University
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Forms part of the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA)
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The complete text of the book in which this image can be found is available on the TIMEA site at http://rudr.rice.edu/handle/1911/13075
The complete text of the book in which this image can be found is available on the TIMEA site at http://hdl.handle.net/1911/13075
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https://hdl.handle.net/1911/21484
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