Image Date Creator Details circa 1877 Not Known This is a photograph taken around 1877 and in all likelyhood shows the opening ceremony of the Old Luxor Hotel in the December of that year. Original image from the Getty Museum, reproduced courtesy of the Getty Open Content Program. Late 19th Century Antonio Beato Aerial View of the Old Luxor Hotel and its Gardens. Note the accent above the letter 'o' in Hôtel. This is one of a series of photographs taken by Beato, which probably represent the earliest ever taken of the Old Luxor Hotel, when under the ownership of Albert Ferdinand Pagnon during the years 1889 to 1909. At this time the hotel's name is written in simple lettering on a plain pediment above the entrance. Late 19th Century Antonio Beato Another early photograph of the hotel when under Pagnon's ownership. A visitor to the hotel in 1895 wrote the following description of it: "The hotel stands to the south of the ruins of the temple, under the shade of magnificent and lofty palms. It is surrounded by a picturesque garden. The building is a large, two-storied, rambling Oriental structure, with arcades and verandahs. The rooms are lofty, airy, and cool. Some are approached by a staircase from the garden, leading to an al fresco corridor, into which the doors of the apartments open." Late 19th Century Antonio Beato An early photograph of hotel taken by Beato, but from a different aspect. It can be seen that at this time the building is entirely white and very plain in its appearance, with its famous arches lacking their later bi-coloured Moorish style. Author's Collection. Early 20th Century PhotoGlob A later photograph of the hotel probably taken by the local Luxor photographer, Antonio Beato in 1900 or shortly after. It now shows an ornamental pediment displaying the hotel's name, now lacking the accent above the letter 'o' in his earlier photographs; above is name can be seen a winged vulture Egyptian motif. This photograph can have been taken no later than 1906, the year when Beato died. Its arches are still plain, but the rooms to the front now have balconies. The image was distributed by PhotoGlob Zürich AG, which was established in 1895 from the earlier Photochrom company of 1889. Early 20th Century Antonio Beato A similar view of the hotel taken by Beato at about the same time as the previous image. Note the sign pointing the way to the Thomas Cook and Son office and the Pharaonic statues at its entrance. Original image from the Getty Museum, reproduced courtesy of the Getty Open Content Program. Late 19th Century Not Known 'Entrée de l'Hôtel’. Note the accent above the letter o in Hôtel. The photograph probably dates from the time when Albert Ferdinand Pagnon was its owner, during the years 1889 to 1909. Its date can be further refined to sometime after 1895 when statues of the lioness Goddess first appeared in its garden, which were removed by Margaret Benson from the Precinct of Mut in Asher, at Karnak Temple. Author's Collection. circa 1900 Not Known Rear garden of the Old Luxor Hotel showing some tourists complete with parasols to shade them from the sun. Note the wheelchair ramp, a small concession to its invalid visitors. Author's Collection circa 1900 Not Known Another view of the rear garden of the Old Luxor Hotel, showing its tennis court and two ladies on a wooden bench, enjoying some shade from the heat. This might have even been the one, where Flossie and her Tommy first met. Author's Collection circa 1900 Not Known Rear garden of the Old Luxor Hotel showing its tall palm trees. 'The garden at the Luxor hotel is a delectable place of palms. Sixty to eighty feet high they stand, slender, slim, and dusky-stemmed, and high up at the top of the trees stretch the glorious fem like fronds of foliage beneath which hang the clusters of yellowing dates...' Edward Frederic Benson 1905. Author's Collection circa 1900 Antonio Beato Another view of the rear garden of the Old Luxor Hotel taken by Beato. A statue of the lioness Goddess Sekhmet can be glimpsed to the left side of the path. The previous photograph shows it more clearly. Author's Collection c1901 Not Known Cecil Rhodes stayed at the Old Luxor Hotel a few months before his death in 1902. His room was in one of the chalets to be found in the hotel's rear gardens, later occupied by the actress Gene Gauntier. Here is he seen taking lunch in the garden. Author's Collection 1904 Antonio Beato A 1904 photograph by Beato which shows one of the chalets that were once to be found in the hotel's grounds.. Author's Collection circa 1904 Not Known A photograph showing the archaeologist, Howard Carter having tea in the garden of the Old Luxor Hotel. It was taken during his time as Chief Inspector of the Egyptian Antiquities Service for Upper Egypt. In 1905 he took up the Inspectorship for Lower Egypt and set in motion the sequence of events which led to his famous discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Emma B. Andrews Diary Project. circa 1910 Alois Beer Front of the Old Luxor Hotel. At this time the hotel had an ornamental pediment with a wing vulture motif. Earlier photographs show the Old Luxor Hotel with a plain pediment and its name written French. Also absent were its balconies and bi-coloured arches, which appeared around the time this photograph was taken. Author's Collection circa 1910 Alois Beer The front entrance to the Old Luxor Hotel showing its ornamental pediment, balconies and bi-coloured arches. This photograph and the previous one were from stereo images by the Hungarian photographer Alois Beer. Author's Collection. 1912 Not Known A photograph showing the silent movie actress and writer, Gene Gauntier and the Kalem Movie Company of New York, on the terrace of the Old Luxor Hotel. Note the statue of the Lioness Goddess Sekhmet. Wikipedia Commons. circa 1921 Upper Egypt Hotels Company Rear of the Old Luxor Hotel sometime in around 1921. Note that the building now has three floors. Some guests playing tennis can also been seen. At this time the hotel had been completely rebuilt by Charles Baehler's Upper Egypt Hotels Company. It is believed that this work had begun about 1910 or possibly shortly after the formation of Baehler's company in 1906. It is also possible that Pagnon may have sold the hotel to Baehler before his death in 1909. A theory consistent with the changes to the hotel's appearance, which took place before Beato's death in 1906 or thereabouts. Upper Egypt Hotels Company. circa 1922 Upper Egypt Hotels Company Dining Room of the Old Luxor Hotel. Note the Pharaonic style columns and paintings. Compare this to the photograph of the dining room taken in 2007. Upper Egypt Hotels Company. 1929 Not Known A photograph showing the Hollywood movie stars Douglas Fairbanks and his wife, Mary Pickford taken outside the entrance to the Old Luxor Hotel.         1 2