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A candid photograph of the staff at the United States Legation and Consulate in Cairo, Egypt. Left to right: unidentified staff member; Arthur Lincoln Richards; Mahgoub; James T. Scott; Louise Whitney; unidentified staff member; Bert Fish; Shehata;…

An unidentified staff member at the United States Legation and Consulate in Cairo, Egypt.

It is believed that Bert Fish took these photographs from a passenger airplane in 1936 or 1937. The backs of the photo bear descriptions that are typewritten or handwritten in Bert Fish's hand. Bert Fish was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister…

A photograph of Bert Fish receiving a newspaper from Aly, a kavass, at the United States Legation in Cairo.

Leland B. Morris, Consul-General in Alexandria greets Bert Fish upon his arrival in Alexandria, Egypt from Montreux, Switzerland. They are accompanied by a kavass. June 24, 1937.

Bert Fish visits with Pierre Crabitès, the American representative on the Mixed Courts of Egypt. June 28, 1939.

Bert Fish and Winthrop Rockefeller, gandson of John D. Rockefeller, leave the American Legation for the Montaza Palace in Alexandria, Egypt, where they are received in audience by King Farouk I. October 14, 1939.

Bert Fish and other Americans attend the Thanksgiving Day Service at the American Church, Cairo. November 28, 1935.

In the company of King Farouk and other Egyptian dignitaries, Bert Fish attends a fencing tournament at Ezbekia Gardens. Left to right: Bert Fish, Nabil Abbas Halim, Prince Ismail Daoud, King Farouk, Ismail Sidky Pasha (Minister of Finance), Hilmy…

Bert Fish attends the twenty-sixth annual commencement exercises of the American College for Girls, where he handed out diplomas. Seated in the front row are Sesostris Sidarous Pasha, former Egyptian Minister to the United States (far left), Tewfik…