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A candid photograph of the staff at the United States Legation and Consulate

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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;…

A staff member at the United States Legation and Consulate

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

Aerial Photographs of Portugal

Aerial View of Portugal
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…

Album with Photographs of Daily Life in Cairo

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This album of black and white photographs was a gift to Bert Fish from fellow United States diplomat and amateur photographer Burton Yost Berry. It is believed that Berry worked for the American Legation at Cairo during the summer of 1938, as…

Album with Photographs of the Funeral Procession of King Fuad I of Egypt

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Album, believed to have been compiled by Bert Fish, of press photographs of King Fuad's funeral procession in Cairo, Egypt. As a member of the diplomatic corps, he would have been in attendance.

American College for Girls Commencement Programme

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Program for the Twenty-Seventh Annual Commencement Exercises of the American College for Girls. May 19, 1939. Bert Fish attended the ceremony and handed out diplomas.

The program is glued to one of Bert Fish's scrapbooks. In English and Arabic.

American University at Cairo Commencement Program

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Program of the 1938 Commencement of the American University of Cairo, at which Bert Fish was the guest of honor.

American University at Cairo Commencement Program

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Program for the Seventeenth Annual Commencement Exercises of the American University at Cairo. May 26, 1939. In English and Arabic.

The program is pasted to a scrapbook.

Bert Fish and Aly at the United States Legation at Cairo

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

Bert Fish and Leland B. Morris

Bert Fish and Leland B. Morris
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.