1929 Giza Egypt Corn Granary Silo Pit Farming People - ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE EG1 XAOA5 Gift Shops Vintage Advertising

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Clash of Cultures

This fisherman "believes that cod have immortal souls so he surrounds himself with his catch and thinks that he is therefore in the midst of a shoal of fish"

The House in Good Taste: Rooms in the New American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

12 x 27 cm

1929 Giza Egypt Corn Granary Silo Pit Farming People - ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE EG1 XAOA5 Gift Shops Vintage AdvertisingThis is an original 1929 photogravure of a corn granary in Giza, Egypt. Granaries are ancient storage facilities for harvested grains and corn. The dry climate of Egypt allowed for corn to be stored in silo pits for long periods. Photograph by Von Ludwig Borchardt. Period Paper is pleased to offer an exceptional collection of historic original photogravures of the architecture, landscape, and people of Egypt. The actual border around the photogravure