8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 76:
Glass Slides - Palestine - Palestine Arabs
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Sold for: $2,400
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Glass Slides - Palestine - Palestine Arabs
120 glass slides with photographs of Palestine. Different producers, U.S.A., London and Palestine, [late 19th-early 20th century].
Collection of glass slides with photographs from Palestine; many photographs depict the Arab residents of Palestine, and typical occupations - shepherding, money changing, a pita bread vendor, fishermen, wheat sieving, a shoemaker, and more. Additional photographs from Jerusalem, Jericho and its surroundings, the Jordan River, Bethlehem, and more.
Slide producers include: American Colony (Fr. Vester & Co.), Newton & Co. (London), Palestine Exploration Fund, "G.W.W." [George Washington Wilson?], Franklin D. Edmuns, Chicago Transparency Co., Moorem Bond & Co., C.H. Graves Company (Philadelphia). Some color slides.
Average size 8X8 cm. A few slides with small fractures. 80 slides are inserted in original wooden box.
