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Photographs of Jerusalem and the Middle East
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Lebanon Middle East Ḥamāh (Syria) Sinai (Egypt) Baʻlabakk (Lebanon) Jerusalem Petra (Extinct city) Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan) Aleppo (Syria) Israel Nazareth (Israel) Syria |
| Description | Photographs show locations in Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. Also shown are Bedouins and other indigenous people. (p. 1-20) Photographs include: arched street from Damascus Gate, Cotton Market street, rabbi with scroll and phylacteries, Dome of the Rock, and Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem, a bust of a Bedouin, Bedouin woman, woman spinning wool, around the Dead Sea (Bahr Lut) including gateway and entrance to cave Jebel Usdum, salt stalactites in cave of Jebel Usdum, submerged forest at Chor el Mazraa, and gorge of the Arnon. (p. 21-35) Photographs include: Temple of el-Khazneh, mountains, high place altar, tomb, and Ed-Deir from the northwest, Petra (Jordan); Temple of the Sun, Temple of Bacchus, and detail of cornice at Ba'labakk (Lebanon); cedars in Lebanon, Hama (Syria), and waterwheel on Orontes River. (p. 36-49) Photographs include: castle in Aleppo (Syria), House of Naaman (Damascus), waterwheel at Hama (Syria), street in town (Syria), sarcophagus, Serai, Syria; caravan in the heart of the desert of el-Ka'a, oasis in Wady Feiran (Rephidim), Ras Safsaf (Mt. Sinai), monastery of St. Catherine, ancient method of entering monastery, looking northeast from Jebel Mousa, Wady Isleh, and Grand Canyon in Sinai, Egypt. (p. 50-70) Photographs include: Workers reaping barley harvest and eating, woman sifting wheat, man measuring wheat, Ramallah woman in embroidered costume, Arab girl from Ramallah, woman wearing dowry necklace, woman of Nazareth, sheep and shepherds, and Anna Spafford in American Colony courtyard, Jerusalem. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Cedar trees--Lebanon--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Petra (Extinct city)--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Sarcophagi--Syria--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Rabbis--Jerusalem--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Streets--Jerusalem--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Nazareth (Israel)--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Sinai (Egypt)--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | American Colony (Jerusalem)--People--1930-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Minerals--Israel--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Aleppo (Syria)--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Harvesting--Middle East--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mosques--Jerusalem--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Baʻlabakk (Lebanon)--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Damascus Gate (Jerusalem)--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Archaeological sites--Middle East--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Bedouins--Middle East--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan)--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Jews--Middle East--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Ḥamāh (Syria)--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Arabs--Middle East--1900-1940. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Spafford, Anna T.,--1842-1923. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
