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Portraits of people of the Middle East and views of Baʻlabakk and Gerasa
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Lebanon Middle East Turkey--Van İli Jerusalem Gerasa (Extinct city) Lebanon--Baʻlabakk |
| Description | Predominately portraits of men and women from a variety of countries and ethnic and religious groups. Included are people from Beirut, Lebanon; Tunis, Tunisia; Biskra, Algeria; Jaffa, Israel; Damascus, Syria; Alexandria, Cairo; and Port Said, Egypt. Also depicted are Druze from Mount Lebanon; snake charmers in Tangier, Morocco; Armenian clergy at Varagavank Monastery, Van, Turkey; Bedouins, a Jewish man, and the Maronite Patriarch of Jerusalem. Also includes a group portrait of people with the holy caravan (Mahmal) in Syria on the way to Mecca during the Hajj. Archaeological ruins depicted include Baʻlabakk, Lebanon; Gerasa, Jordan; and some unidentified sites. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Gerasa (Extinct city)--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Arabs--Middle East--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Armenians--Turkey--Van İli--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Lebanon--Baʻlabakk--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Maronites--Middle East--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jews--Jerusalem--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Druzes--Lebanon--1880-1900. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bedouins--Middle East--1880-1900. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
