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munjid Locals with Unprocessed Cotton – Egypt – 1870

Captured in 1870 by French photographer Émile Béchard, this image features a group of local Egyptians interacting with raw cotton, likely during a phase of collection or sorting.
The photograph reflects the agricultural backbone of Egypt during the Khedival era under Khedive Ismail, when cotton was considered the country's “white gold.”
It stands as a visual document of rural labor and the manual nature of cotton processing in 19th-century Egypt.