Registry note
Lehnert and Landrock moved their photography business to Cairo in 1924; stepson Kurt Lambelet opened the first brick-and-mortar bookshop in 1936 (Middle East Eye 2021).
How ORBIS reads this city
Best for — Independent books, maps, manuscripts and paper goods.
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