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Diary in photos, vol. I, 1934-1935
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Gaza Strip Jerusalem Gerasa (Extinct city) Syria Palestine Middle East Lebanon Turkey West Bank Petra (Extinct city) Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan) Israel Jordan |
| Description | Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1934 and 1935. 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, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip), Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey. People depicted include John D. Whiting, his wife Grace, and sons David and Edmund (Wilson); Horatio, Jock, Louise, Freda Vester, and Anna Grace (Vester) Lind; Deputy District Governor of Beersheba ʻĀrif ʻĀrif, Emir Abdullah of Transjordan, Bedouin Sheik Majid, and travelers and visitors to the region. Also shown are the Jerusalem municipal elections of September 1935, Bedouin camps, views of Jerusalem, and the visit to Jerusalem by a Saudi prince. Album page image number 1 to 24 (p. 1-24): Photographs from Part I, February to September 1934 including: camel trip to the Arabah Valley by invitation of ʻĀrif ʻĀrif, Deputy District Governor of Beersheba; laying water pipes in Jerusalem, trip with John Dinsmore to Rafa'a for iris; women in Bethlehem, picking flowers at Camp Adonis, near Tiberias; Jerash (Gerasa), David and Grace Whiting in the courtyard of the American Colony, the Anna Spafford Baby Home, the airplane "Hanno" landing at Ludd (Lod), the Adwan Lozi camp near Suweilih (Suwaylih, Jordan), a dog "Barak," (Edmund) Wilson Whiting sculpting a "Hagin" (camel), Sheik Majid's camp near Suweilih, and municipal elections, Jerusalem. Album page image number 25 to 40 (p. 25-40): Photographs from Part I, September to November 1934 including: trip to the Bedu Camp at Deir el Belah (Dayr al Belah, Gaza Strip); police sports on Mt. Scopus, trip to Petra (Jordan), Akaba (Aqabah), a Byzantine church at Mt. Nebo, trip to Shalaal, the wedding of Emir Talal (son of Emir Abdullah) at Amman, Gypsy (Romani) girl dancing at the wedding, a camel turning a mill to make sesame oil, picnic at Nebi Musa, and a Tomb at Er Rahi. Album page image number 41 to 67 (p. 43-65): Photographs from Part II, January to June 1935 including: Christmas tree in American Colony courtyard, trip to Petra with author Mrs. Fisher (Violet Cressy-Marcks) and the Beaumonts, floods in Jordan, trip from Cairo to Petra including aerial views, trip to Jerash (Gerasa), quarry men at Nazareth, the Palestine Electric Corporation (Rutenburg Plant), Ba'albek (Ba'labakk), celebration for King George V's Jubilee, and trip to Syria with wife and daughter of architect Charles Robert Ashbee. Album page image number 68 to 88 (p. 66-90): Photographs from Part II, July to December 1935 including: reaper harvester at Esdraelon, Horatio (Spafford?) and David Whiting hunting at Gabir Effendi, visit of Saudi prince to Palestine and Jordan with review of Arab army, picnic at Krimzan (Dayr Krimzan, West Bank), bird's-eye view of Christian and Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem (including the Hurva and Nisan Bak synagogues), trip to "Mikmash valley" (Michmash, Israel), trip to Cappadocia and Ankara, Turkey; and trip to Petra including Adwan camp at Shuneh. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Turkey--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Lebanon--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | ʻĀrif, ʻĀrif,--1892-1973. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Palestine--History--1917-1948. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bedouins--Middle East--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Israel--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Camps--Middle East--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Arabah Valley (Israel and Jordan)--1940-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jews--Middle East--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cities & towns--Middle East--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Syria--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Tourism--Middle East--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jordan--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Gaza Strip--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Middle East--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Elections--Jerusalem--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Picnics--Middle East--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | West Bank--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | American Colony (Jerusalem)--People--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Abdullah,--King of Jordan,--1882-1951. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Arabs--Middle East--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jerusalem--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Petra (Extinct city)--1930-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Gerasa (Extinct city)--1930-1940. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
