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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing Stereograph views of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and the Sinai

About this Item

Title

  • Stereograph views of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and the Sinai

Summary

  • Photographs show general views of cities, towns, and villages; daily life and occupations in urban and agricultural settings; prominent monuments and landmarks; archaeological sites and ancient buildings; the landscape and the natural environment; and religious rites and processions in places in Palestine (present day Israel and the West Bank), Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, and the Sinai, Egypt. Locations in Palestine include Ramleh (Ramlah), Jerusalem, Siloam, Nazareth, Bethany, Hebron, Rām Allāh, Bethlehem, Jericho, Jaffa, Bethsaida, Samaria, Shechem (Nablus), Shumen (Sulam) and Mar Saba. Geographical features such as the Plain of Jericho, the Jordan and Dan Rivers, the Dead Sea, the Brook Cherith, the Valley of Merom and MountTabor, Mount Hermon, and the Mount of Temptation are also depicted. Damascus and Bāniyās in Syria, and Beirut and the ruins of Baʻlabakk in Lebanon are also shown. In Istanbul, mosques, fountains, streets, ruins and people are depicted in the neighborhoods of Galata, Ortaköy, and other places. The Monastery of St. Catherine and Mount Sinai are shown in the Sinai Penninsula. Notable images include Holy Week ceremonies, the Nebi Musa procession, and the interior of a synagogue in Jerusalem; the "Jewish Quarter," Galata bridge, and street markets in Istanbul; the Greek Patriarch at Bethlehem and portraits of Russian and Abyssinian pilgrims, Arabs, Jews, Turks, Samaritans, Bedouins and others.

Names

  • Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909, publisher
  • Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909, copyright claimant
  • Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909, distributor

Created / Published

  • Littleton, N.H. : photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, c1891-c1902.

Headings

  • -  Mosques--West Bank--1890-1900
  • -  Mosques--Israel--1890-1900
  • -  Mosques--Turkey--Istanbul--1890-1900
  • -  Mosques--Syria--1890-1900
  • -  Churches--West Bank--1890-1900
  • -  Churches--Egypt--Sinai--1890-1900
  • -  Churches--Jerusalem--1890-1900
  • -  Rites & ceremonies--Israel--1890-1900
  • -  Rites & ceremonies--West Bank--1890-1910
  • -  City & town life--Turkey--Istanbul--1890-1910
  • -  City & town life--West Bank--1890-1910
  • -  City & town life--Israel--1890-1910
  • -  Archaeological sites--Lebanon--1890-1910
  • -  Archaeological sites--West Bank--1890-1910
  • -  Palestine--History--1799-1917

Format Headings

  • Albumen prints--1890-1910.
  • Cityscape photographs--1890-1910.
  • Group portraits--1890-1910.
  • Landscape photographs--1890-1910.
  • Portrait photographs--1890-1910.
  • Stereographs--1890-1910.

Genre

  • Stereographs--1890-1910
  • Portrait photographs--1890-1910
  • Group portraits--1890-1910
  • Landscape photographs--1890-1910
  • Cityscape photographs--1890-1910
  • Albumen prints--1890-1910

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Stereographs arranged into subdivisions based on copyright date and then according to numbered captions on stereo mounts. LOT 13715-1 was copyrighted in 1891. LOT 13715-2 was copyrighted in 1895. LOT 13715-3 was copyrighted in 1898. LOT 13715-4 was copyrighted in 1899. LOT 13715-5 was copyrighted in 1902. Copyright dates are not necessarily an indication of creation dates.
  • -  Copyright deposit; B.W. Kilburn; c1891-c1902.
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Printed numbered captions on each stereograph.

Medium

  • 248 photographic prints on stereo cards : stereograph, albumen ; 18 x 9 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13715 (S) [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005676240

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication. No renewal in copyright office.

Online Format

  • image

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  • Call Number: LOT 13715 (S) [P&P]
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Chicago citation style:

Kilburn, B. W. , Publisher, B. W Kilburn, and B. W Kilburn. Stereograph views of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and the Sinai. Sinai Syria Egypt Palestine Israel West Bank Lebanon Turkey Jerusalem Istanbul, None. littleton, n.h.: photographed and published by b.w. kilburn, c1891-c1902. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005676240/.

APA citation style:

Kilburn, B. W., Kilburn, B. W. & Kilburn, B. W. Stereograph views of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and the Sinai. Sinai Syria Egypt Palestine Israel West Bank Lebanon Turkey Jerusalem Istanbul, None. littleton, n.h.: photographed and published by b.w. kilburn, c1891-c1902. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005676240/.

MLA citation style:

Kilburn, B. W. , Publisher, B. W Kilburn, and B. W Kilburn. Stereograph views of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and the Sinai. littleton, n.h.: photographed and published by b.w. kilburn, c1891-c1902. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005676240/>.