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

About this Item

Title

  • Stereograph views of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Egypt

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; and religious rites and processions in places in Palestine (present day Israel and the West Bank), Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and the Sinai. Locations in Palestine include Jerusalem, Ramallah (Rām Allāh), Amwas (Emmaus), Jaffa, Capernaum, Athlit, Beeroth (Bīrah), Bet Sahur (Bayt Sāḥūr), Bethlehem, Bethshan (Bet Sheʾan), Endor (Ein-dor), Magdela (Migdal), Jenin, Kirjath-Jearim (Abu Ghaush), Nazareth, Safed, Shunem (Sulam), Tiberias, Yanun (Khirbat Yanun), Nablus, Nain (Nein), Haifa, Bethsaida, Hebron, Caesarea, Samaria, Anathoth (ʻAnātā), Ramah (Rāmah), Gaza, Tell Shandchannah, Sychar, Mizpah, En Gedi (Ein Gedi), Gezer, Jericho, Shiloh, Gibeon (Al Jīb), Debarieh, Modein (Modin), and Chorazin (Korazim). This collection is especially rich in images of the landscape and environment including features in Palestine such as the Valley of Jezreel, the Plain of Sharon, Mt. Carmel, Mt. Gerizim, Mt. Tabor, Mt. Hermon, the wilderness of Tekoa, the Dead Sea, the Jordan River, and River Kishon. Baʻlabakk, Beirut, Hasbeya (Ḥaṣbayyā) , Sidon, and Mt. Lebanon in Lebanon; Damascus, Banias (Bāniyās) , Palmyra (Tadmur) in Syria; Rabath Ammon (Amman), Karak, Petra, Madeba (Maʾdabā) , Es-Salt (Salṭ ), and Mt. Nebo in Jordan; Ephesus and Antioch (Antakya) in Turkey; and Mt. Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai Penninsula of Egypt are also depicted. Other notable photographs include series of images depicting a wedding in Rām Allāh and the silk industry in Mt. Lebanon and Antioch; a Christian hospital on the Sea of Galilee, Persian pilgrims in Jaffa, a watch tower in Jezreel, a school in (Rāmah), a Greek church in Nazareth, Jewish money changers in Jerusalem, the Great Mosque after the fire of 1893 and the Tekkiyeh mosque in Damascus, and portraits of the governor of Nazareth, Bedouins, Samaritans, Arabs, and others.

Names

  • Underwood & Underwood, publisher
  • Underwood & Underwood, copyright claimant
  • Underwood & Underwood, distributor

Created / Published

  • New York, N.Y. : Underwood & Underwood, c1900-c1915.

Headings

  • -  Mosques--West Bank--1900-1920
  • -  Mosques--Jerusalem--1900-1920
  • -  Mosques--Israel--1900-1920
  • -  Mosques--Syria--1900-1920
  • -  Churches--West Bank--1900-1920
  • -  Churches--Jerusalem--1900-1920
  • -  Churches--Egypt--Sinai--1900-1920
  • -  Rites & ceremonies--Israel--1900-1920
  • -  Rites & ceremonies--West Bank--1900-1920
  • -  City & town life--West Bank--1900-1920
  • -  City & town life--Israel--1900-1920
  • -  City & town life--Syria--1900-1920
  • -  City & town life--Lebanon--1900-1920
  • -  Silk industry--Lebanon--1900-1920
  • -  Silk industry--Turkey--1900-1920
  • -  Archaeological sites--Turkey--1900-1920
  • -  Archaeological sites--Jordan--1900-1920
  • -  Archaeological sites--Lebanon--1900-1920
  • -  Archaeological sites--Syria--1900-1920
  • -  Archaeological sites--West Bank--1900-1920
  • -  Archaeological sites--Israel--1900-1920
  • -  Palestine--History--1799-1917

Format Headings

  • Albumen prints--1900-1920.
  • Cityscape photographs--1900-1920.
  • Gelatin silver prints--1900-1920.
  • Group portraits--1900-1920.
  • Landscape photographs--1900-1920.
  • Portrait photographs--1900-1920.
  • Stereographs--1900-1920.

Genre

  • Stereographs--1900-1920
  • Portrait photographs--1900-1920
  • Group portraits--1900-1920
  • Cityscape photographs--1900-1920
  • Landscape photographs--1900-1920
  • Albumen prints--1900-1920
  • Gelatin silver prints--1900-1920

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Stereographs arranged into subdivisions based on copyright date and then according to numbered and unnumbered captions on stereo mounts. The LOT is subdivided as follows: LOT 13743-1 was copyrighted in 1900. LOT 13743-2 was copyrighted in 1901. LOT 13743-3 was copyrighted in 1902. LOT 13743-4 was copyrighted in 1903. LOT 13743-5 was copyrighted in 1904. LOT 13743-6 was copyrighted in 1905. LOT 13743-7 was copyrighted in 1906. LOT 13743-8 was copyrighted in 1907. LOT 13743-9 was copyrighted in 1910. LOT 13743-10 was copyrighted in 1911. LOT 13743-11 was copyrighted in 1912. LOT 13743-12 was copyrighted in 1913. LOT 13743-13 was copyrighted in 1914. LOT 13743-14 was copyrighted in 1915. Copyright dates are not necessarily an indication of creation dates.
  • -  Copyright deposit; Underwood & Underwood; c1900-c1915.
  • -  Copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood.
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Printed numbered and unnumbered captions on each stereograph.

Medium

  • 388 photographic prints on stereo cards : stereograph, albumen and gelatin silver ; 18 x 9 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13743 (S) [P&P]

Repository

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

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006675854

Rights Advisory

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

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

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  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. No renewal in copyright office.
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  • Call Number: LOT 13743 (S) [P&P]
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Chicago citation style:

Underwood & Underwood, Publisher, Copyright Claimant Underwood & Underwood, and Distributor Underwood & Underwood. Stereograph views of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Egypt. West Bank Jordan Turkey Jerusalem Syria Sinai Palestine Israel Egypt Lebanon, None. new york, n.y.: underwood & underwood, c1900-c1915. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006675854/.

APA citation style:

Underwood & Underwood, P., Underwood & Underwood, C. C. & Underwood & Underwood, D. Stereograph views of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Egypt. West Bank Jordan Turkey Jerusalem Syria Sinai Palestine Israel Egypt Lebanon, None. new york, n.y.: underwood & underwood, c1900-c1915. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006675854/.

MLA citation style:

Underwood & Underwood, Publisher, Copyright Claimant Underwood & Underwood, and Distributor Underwood & Underwood. Stereograph views of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Egypt. new york, n.y.: underwood & underwood, c1900-c1915. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2006675854/>.