- Photo Title: Beirut Downtown وسط بيروت
- Year: 1962
- Issued by: --
- Photographer: --
- Paper: Original, silver gelatin paper.
- Rear Stamp: --
- Size: 20x19cm=8x7.5".
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Condition: Like New.
- Note: The image is formatted like a traditional survey negative. It includes flight instrumentation details along the left margin, such as a camera orientation indicator, a bubble level, and a recording clock to document the precise second the photo was shot.
- This photograph documents Beirut's core infrastructure before the severe destruction of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War and the subsequent corporate reconstruction by Solidere. Because the entire historical center layout was fundamentally changed or replaced, archival snapshots like this serve as rare pieces of lost geography.