Record

Document Reference	Ga 2 E 1301
Title	Letter from Violet Skeffington-Smyth, Grand Hotel, Helouan [Helwan, Egypt] to her father George E.M. Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway; 9 Dec. 1927
Date	9 December 1927
Extent	2 ff (plus envelope)
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Tells him about the total eclipse of the moon last night, which her husband Geoff took some photographs of. She bought a Kodak [camera] and hopes to photograph some of the mosques and Bazaars in Cairo. Some more people have arrived in Egypt including Sir Edward Samuel and Mr Holt. Complains about the dust, they went for a drive to the Nile but the dust inflammed her eyes. She is recovering from being struck by the thunder bolt [see Ga 2 E 1297]. She and Geoff go to Gezirah House on Monday to stay for a few weeks. Ga 2 E 1301/2: Envelope postmarked 9 Dec. 1927.
Term	eclipse, lunar
	photography
	travel, Egypt

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
DS/UK/81221	Samuel; Edward Levien (-1937); 2nd Baronet	-1937
NA79898	Smyth; Violet Frances Skeffington- (1880-1930); Hon.; née Monckton	1880-1930

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