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| Keywords: The Virgin’s Tree Near Heliopolis by Boston Public Library.jpg Scrapbook page with one photograph of people standing next to the fence surrounding the Virgin ™s Tree in Egypt and an annotation explaining the site ™s history Subjects Travel photography Heliopolis Egypt Page size 33 x 38 1 cm Annotations According to legend the Virgin and child during the flight to Egypt took refuge in the hollow trunk of a tree which stood in this spot ”Pious spiders spun webs which completely concealed the opening ”This tree was planted in 1672 its predecessor having died ”it is a sycamore ”At the time of the inauguration of the Suez Canal the Khedive gave the tree to the Empress EugeniĂ© Language English photograph had French title Rights No known restrictions Coverage Egypt Notes Title supplied by cataloger derived from captions or annotated information Format Scrapbooks Technique Photographs Albumen prints BPL Department Print Department Photo 1 Photographer G LĂ©kĂ©gian Cie Title 252 Arbre de la Vierge a Matarieh Caption The Virgins sic Tree near Heliopolis Date ca 1865-1895 Flickr data on 2011-08-03 Camera Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW Sinar m License CC BY 2 0 User Boston Public Library BPL Flickr http //flickr com/photos/24029425 N06/2468301411 The Virgin ™s Tree Near Heliopolis December 21 1892 March 8 1893 Flickr upload date 2008-05-01 17 09 11 William Vaughn Tupper Flickr uploader http //www flickr com/people/24029425 N06 BPL User Flickr upload bot/upload 14 31 3 August 2011 UTC Fæ CC BY 2 0 PD-old-100 Tupper Scrapbooks volume 26 Lower Egypt G Lekegian Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script Virgin Mary tree | ||||
