My Kodak was Busy

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In a letter dated 5/8/1891, Emily Sibley Watson writes her mother, describing a day trip to Toledo ("My Kodak was busy all day long, as you can imagine."), and then extolling the sights of Córdoba. She was most impressed by the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, originally the Great Mosque of Córdoba:

"The most wonderful thing here is the old Moorish Mosque, one of the most beautiful and impressive buildings I ever saw. I cannot describe it, but just imagine one thousand columns with arches that interlace until it looks like a great forest of stone as far as you can see!"

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Plaza Zocodover, Toledo, Spain

Puerta del Sol, Toledo, Spain

Images taken by the Watsons in Toledo, Spain.

Toledo. Vista panoràmica.

Toledo. La puerta del Sol.

Catedral de Toledo. Vista general del altar mayor.

Toledo. Claustro de San Juan de los Reyes, visto de frente.

Toledo. Vista interior lateral de San Juan de los Reyes.

Tolède. Charrelier excitant son attelage de boeufs. (d'après nature.)

Photos of Toledo purchased by Emily & James Sibley Watson

Cordoue. L'hermitage de la Sierra. (d'après nature).

Córdoba. Vista interior del Mihrab ó Santuario de la Mezquita.

Córdoba. Vista interior del Mihrab ó Santuario de la Mezquita.

Córdoba. Vista interior de la Mezquita ó Catedral. 

Córdoba. Llamador de la puerta del Perdon. 

Photos of Córdoba purchased by Emily & James Sibley Watson