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4 of 11 • George Reisner, Frank O. Mahmoud Said Ahmed [Diraz] examining records at Harvard Camp (rephotograph from Al-Mussawar Arabic magazine visit, not used in no. 740, December 16, 1938) (Identification of Mahmud Said Ahmed Diraz provided by Hassan Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, Cairo, 2022)
Harvard Camp: Group of workmen with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston President George H. Edgell and George Reisner (laughing), looking E. Three rows of workmen: back row in dark galabeas, middle row standing in white galabeas with Reisner and Edgell at right; front row seated on ground. Back row: Only four people identified: fifth from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarek Mohamed (ghafir in west); sixth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; eighth from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); ninth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: Mahmoud Ali; 2: Abdel Salam Abdel Latif (helped the cook Salem with groceries); 3: Atito (safragi/servant); 4: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 5: Bashir el-Adjemi; 6: Mahmud Said Ahmed Diraz; 7: Salem (cook); 8: Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz; 9: George Reisner; 10: George Harold Edgell. Front row: 1: Hadad el-Adawy; 2: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook); 3: boy: El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 4: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 5: standing boy in striped galabea, holding Reisner’s hand and Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz’s right hand on his right shoulder: Saad (son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, and later victim of WWII hand-grenade accident at Giza; 6: Saman; 7: Said Halabi (carpenter) (identifications provided by Hassan Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, Cairo, January 2006)
Harvard Camp: Group of workmen with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston President George H. Edgell and George Reisner (laughing), looking E. Three rows of workmen: back row in dark galabeas, middle row standing in white galabeas with Reisner and Edgell at right; front row seated on ground. Back row: Only four people identified: fifth from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarek Mohamed (ghafir in west); sixth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; eighth from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); ninth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: Mahmoud Ali; 2: Abdel Salam Abdel Latif (helped the cook Salem with groceries); 3: Atito (safragi/servant); 4: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 5: Bashir el-Adjemi; 6: Mahmud Said Ahmed Diraz; 7: Salem (cook); 8: Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz; 9: George Reisner; 10: George Harold Edgell. Front row: 1: Hadad el-Adawy; 2: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook); 3: boy: El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 4: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 5: standing boy in striped galabea, holding Reisner’s hand and Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz’s right hand on his right shoulder: Saad (son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, and later victim of WWII hand-grenade accident at Giza; 6: Saman; 7: Said Halabi (carpenter) (identifications provided by Hassan Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, Cairo, January 2006)
From left to right: Frank O. Allen, George Reisner, Nicholas Melnikoff, Hansmartin Handrick (seated), and Mahmud Said Ahmed [Diraz] examining records at Harvard Camp (rephotograph from Al-Mussawar Arabic magazine, no. 740, December 16, 1938) (Identification of Mahmud Said Ahmed Diraz provided by Hassan Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, Cairo, 2022)
George Reisner, Frank O. Mahmoud Said Ahmed [Diraz] examining records at Harvard Camp (rephotograph from Al-Mussawar Arabic magazine visit, not used in no. 740, December 16, 1938) (Identification of Mahmud Said Ahmed Diraz provided by Hassan Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, Cairo, 2022)
Harvard Camp: arrival of Dr. George Reisner from U.S.A.; the Reisners holding Harvard pennant; left to right: Frank O. Allen, Mahmud Said, Nicholas Melnikoff, Mrs. Mary Reisner, George A. Reisner, Alexander Floroff, Miss Mary Reisner, Evelyn Perkins, Mohamed Said
Harvard Camp: Group of workmen: Back row: Only five people identified: third from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarek Mohamed (ghafir in west); fourth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; sixth from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); seventh from left: Salem (cook); eighth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: unidentified; 2: Mahmoud Ali; 3: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 4: Mahmud Said Ahmed Diraz; 5: Said Halabi (carpenter); 6: small boy; 7: unidentified; 8: Hadad el-Adawy. Front row: 1: boy: El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 2: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 3: Bashir el-Adjemi; 4: Atito (safragi/servant); 5: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook); 6: Saman.
Harvard Camp: Group of workmen: Back row: Only five people identified: third from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarek Mohamed (ghafir in west); fourth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; sixth from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); seventh from left: Salem (cook); eighth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: unidentified; 2: Mahmoud Ali; 3: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 4: Mahmud Said Ahmed Diraz; 5: Said Halabi (carpenter); 6: small boy; 7: unidentified; 8: Hadad el-Adawy. Front row: 1: boy (blurred): El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 2: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 3: Bashir el-Adjemi; 4: Atito (safragi/servant); 5: Saman; 6: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook). Individual in front: Mohammedani Ibrahim (photographer)
Harvard Camp: Group of workmen with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston President George H. Edgell and George Reisner (laughing), looking E. Three rows of workmen: back row in dark galabeas, middle row standing in white galabeas with Reisner and Edgell at right; front row seated on ground. Back row: Only four people identified: fifth from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarek Mohamed (ghafir in west); sixth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; eighth from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); ninth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: Mahmoud Ali; 2: Abdel Salam Abdel Latif (helped the cook Salem with groceries); 3: Atito (safragi/servant); 4: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 5: Bashir el-Adjemi; 6: Mahmud Said Ahmed Diraz; 7: Salem (cook); 8: Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz; 9: George Reisner; 10: George Harold Edgell. Front row: 1: Hadad el-Adawy; 2: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook); 3: boy: El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 4: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 5: standing boy in striped galabea, holding Reisner’s hand and Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz’s right hand on his right shoulder: Saad (son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, and later victim of WWII hand-grenade accident at Giza); 6: Saman; 7: Said Halabi (carpenter) (identifications provided by Hassan Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, son of Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz, Cairo, January 2006)
Harvard Camp: Group of workmen with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston President George H. Edgell and George Reisner, looking E. Three rows of workmen: back row in dark galabeas, middle row standing in white galabeas with Reisner and Edgell at right; front row seated on ground. Back row: Only four people identified: fourth from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarek Mohamed (ghafir in west); fifth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; seventh from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); eighth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: Abdel Salam Abdel Latif (helped the cook Salem with groceries); 2: Atito (safragi/servant); 3: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 4: Bashir el-Adjemi; 5: Mahmud Said Ahmed Diraz; 6: Salem (cook); 7: Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz; 8: George Reisner; 9: George Harold Edgell. Front row: 1: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook); 2: boy: El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 3: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 4: small boy; 6: Saman; 7: Said Halabi (carpenter)
Harvard Camp: Group of workmen with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston President George H. Edgell and George Reisner, looking E. Three rows of workmen: back row in dark galabeas, middle row standing in white galabeas with Reisner and Edgell at right; front row seated on ground. Back row: Only four people identified: fourth from left (in picture, not proper left): Mubarek Mohamed (ghafir in west); fifth from left: Ahmed el-Neger; seventh from left: Abdullah Abu Gebel (ghafir); eighth from left: Yasin (storekeeper, magazines). Middle row: 1: Abdel Salam Abdel Latif (helped the cook Salem with groceries); 2: Atito (safragi/servant); 3: Dahi el-Batlan (irons clothes for the ladies); 4: Bashir el-Adjemi; 5: Mahoud Said Ahmed Diraz; 6: Salem (cook); 7: Mohamed Said Ahmed Diraz; 8: George Reisner; 9: George Harold Edgell. Front row: 1: Mohamed Salem (son of Salem the cook); 2: boy: El Sayeh “the tourist” (youngest son of Said Ahmed, born 1924); 3: Mustapha Abu-el-Hamd (photographer); 4: small boy; 6: Saman; 7: Said Halabi (carpenter)
Harvard Camp: Division 1937, standing left to right: Mahmud Said, Abd es Salam Eff. Selim Bey Hassan, George Reisner, Etienne Drioton, Evelyn Perkins, chauffeur, looking E toward Khafre pyramid
People & places: Site: Giza; View: Giza, Harvard Camp
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- Individual - Modern
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- Remarks
- Diary translator. Son of Said Ahmed Said [Diraz] (Head Reis 1908-1926). Brother of Mohammed Said Ahmed (Head Reis 1936-1939). Family name, Diraz, was supplied by Said Ahmed Said's grandsons in 2006.
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- ID: HUMFA_GN2_K12_CemG2400_p125ae0
