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Diary in photos, vol. V, 1939
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Lebanon Middle East West Bank Jerusalem Israel Jordan Syria Palestine |
| Description | Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1939. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer, and photographer. Photographs include locations in Palestine (present day Israel and the West Bank), Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. Included are ruins, Bedouin and Romani (Gypsy) life, and a demonstration against the White Paper in Jerusalem Album page image number 1-17 (p. 1-19): Trip with Mr. and Mrs. Clement including a convoy of trucks on the Jericho road during the Arab rebellion, Tyre harbor and Belfort castle (Lebanon), and Banias (Syria); a botanical trip to W. Shaib (Wady Shaib, Jordan) including "Turkoman Gypsy" basket makers; "iris trip to Syria" including Krak des Chevaliers fortress, the Church of St. Simon (Kalat Siman), Byzantine ruins at Qasr el Banat, Bedouin woman digging for kimme (truffles), camel with babies, Emir Dahham's tent and Ford garage, Assyrian shepherd camp and Assyrian refugees near Tel Tamar (Tel Tamer), Gypsy sieve makers, women making a quilt, and Bedouins on road from Rakka to Palmyra. Album page image number 18-37 (p. 20-39): Iris trip to Syria continued including Kasr el-Heir esh Sharki (Qasr al Hayr Sharqi) castle, and mosque at Sida (Lebanon); trip to Kerak and the Dead Sea including reapers at W[ady] el Hod (West Bank), watering animals at Birket el Hadj, Ras Khanzir Mountain, the Dead Sea, tents, people working in fields, Bedouin women, children at Ghoraniyeh, Crusader fortress of Kerak, and Bedouins including women at Skhur. Album page image number 38-52 (p. 40-54): Jewish demonstration protesting the White Paper near the Terra Sancta building, Jerusalem; women picking apricots at Beit Jala (West Bank), "Negro Fallah and child"; trip to Syria including Pigeon Rocks at Beirut, women at a village faucet, winnowing, women drying and cooking burgul (bulgar) at Banias (Syria), potters closing a kiln, people harvesting "durrah," Lebanon mountains from Dhur Shweir (Dhur esh Shueir, Lebanon), village of Shafat or Nob (Israel), and women carrying brushwood on their heads. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Camps--Syria--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Palestine--History--1917-1948. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Castles & palaces--Syria--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jews--Jerusalem--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | American Colony (Jerusalem)--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Forts & fortifications--Syria--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Farming--Middle East--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mosques--Lebanon--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | West Bank--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Arabs--Middle East--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Lebanon--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Assyrians--Syria--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Turkmen--Syria--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Israel--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Demonstrations--Jerusalem--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Syria--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bedouins--Syria--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bedouins--Jordan--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Syria--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Churches--Syria--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Lebanon--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Botany--Syria--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Romanies--Jordan--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Forts & fortifications--Lebanon--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jerusalem--1930-1940. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
