munjid Spinner and Boy – Cairo, Egypt – 1860

Captured in 1860 by French photographers Emile and H. Béchard, this touching image shows a traditional spinner with a young boy, likely an apprentice or observer.
The photo highlights intergenerational craft transmission and the manual techniques used in 19th-century Egyptian textile work.
It's a valuable document of Cairo’s working-class life under the Khedivate.

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