Cairo, EGYPT - Shepheard's Hotel - Ottoman Flag, horse & buggy, bicycle for Sale

Cairo, EGYPT - Shepheard's Hotel - Ottoman Flag, horse & buggy, bicycle For Sale

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Cairo, EGYPT - Shepheard's Hotel - Ottoman Flag, horse & buggy, bicycle:
$7.50

Cairo, EGYPT - Shepheard's Hotel: Shepheard's Hotel was the leading hotel in Cairo and one of the most celebrated hotels in the world from the middle of the 19th century until it was burned down in 1952. A modern hotel called the Shepherd Hotel was built nearby in 1957. Originally operating under the name Hotel des Anglais (English Hotel) in the early 1840s, in 1860 the hotel was renamed Shepheard's Hotel, after its owner Samuel Shepheard (1816–66). Shepheard, an English entrepreneur from Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England, became co-manager of the hotel with a Mr. Hill (who was Mohammed Ali Pasha's head coachman) in 1841. In 1845 Hill relinquished his interest in the hotel, and Shepheard became the sole owner. Shepheard sold the hotel in 1861 and retired to Eathorpe Hall, Eathorpe, Warwickshire, England. Shepheard's Hotel was famed for its grandeur and opulence, though a frequent complaint was that its cuisine "leaves much to be desired". It was extensively renovated in 1891, 1899, 1904, 1909 and 1927. Richard Burton, a close friend of Shepherd, left a detailed description of his generous character and successful career, describing him as "a remarkable man in many points, and in all things the model John Bull". The hotel had many notable guests, both real and fictional. Among the former were Henry Morton Stanley; Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener; Winston Churchill, Ronald Storrs and T. E. Lawrence. It was portrayed in the 1934 Egypt-set British film The Camels are Coming. The hotel is the setting for a number of scenes in the 1996 film The English Patient. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition, but shows some edge wearand has lost its stamp.