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

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Title

  • Stereograph views of Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon

Summary

  • Photographs show views of cities, towns, and villages; daily life and occupations in urban and rural settings; prominent monuments and landmarks; archaeological sites and ancient buildings; the landscape and the natural environment; and religious rites and processions in places throughout Palestine (present day Israel and the West Bank), Lebanon, and Damascus, Syria. Cities and towns depicted in Palestine include Jaffa, Ramleh, Lydda (Lod), Jerusalem, Bethany, Bethlehem, Jericho, Nablus, Nazareth, Haifa, Cana of Galilee, Tiberias, Hebron, Jenin, Bethel, Bethsaida, Nain (Nein), Capernaum, and the ruins at Samaria. Also depicted are the Plains of Jezreel, Dothan, Esdraelon, and Huleh; Mounts Carmel, Tabor, Ebal and Hermon; the Jordan and Kishon rivers, the Sea of Galilee, and the Waters of Merom. Buildings and sites in Damascus and the ruins at Caesarea Phillipii (Bāniyās) in Syria are depicted. Scenes in Lebanon include Beirut, Zahleh, the ruins at Baʻlabakk and a Roman bridge over the Hasbani River. Notable images include the Muslim Nebi Musa procession, ceremonies at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Armenian convent of St. James in Jerusalem, the tomb of Tabitha, children at a Christian mission school and the photographer's camp at Nablus, women washing wool in a stream at Jenin, "Gypsies" (Romanies) from Mt. Hermon, a Muslim band in Jerusalem, and the interior of a Greek church and a view of the city from the Jewish Quarter in Damascus, seven images showing the holy caravan with the Mahmal returning from Mecca in and near Damascus, a grain market in Haifa, potters in Nazareth, and Jewish fishermen by the Sea of Galilee. Also included are portraits of Bedouins, Samaritans, Arabs and others.

Names

  • Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer

Created / Published

  • c1903-c1904.

Headings

  • -  Mosques--Syria--Damascus--1900-1910
  • -  Mosques--Jerusalem--1900-1910
  • -  Monasteries--West Bank--1900-1910
  • -  Churches--Syria--1900-1910
  • -  Churches--West Bank--1900-1910
  • -  Churches--Jerusalem--1900-1910
  • -  Rites & ceremonies--Jerusalem--1900-1910
  • -  Rites & ceremonies--Syria--Damascus--1900-1910
  • -  Rites & ceremonies--West Bank--1900-1910
  • -  City & town life--West Bank--1900-1910
  • -  City & town life--Syria--Damascus--1900-1910
  • -  City & town life--Israel--1900-1910
  • -  Archaeological sites--Lebanon--Baʻlabakk--1900-1910
  • -  Archaeological sites--West Bank--1900-1910
  • -  Schools--West Bank--1900-1910
  • -  Palestine--History--1799-1917

Headings

  • Cityscape photographs--1900-1910.
  • Gelatin silver prints--1900-1910.
  • Group portraits--1900-1910.
  • Landscape photographs--1900-1910.
  • Portrait photographs--1900-1910.
  • Stereographs--1900-1910.

Genre

  • Stereographs--1900-1910
  • Portrait photographs--1900-1910
  • Group portraits--1900-1910
  • Landscape photographs--1900-1910
  • Cityscape photographs--1900-1910
  • Gelatin silver prints--1900-1910

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Stereographs arranged according to numbered captions on stereo mounts.
  • -  Copyright deposit; William H. Rau; c1903-c1904.
  • -  On all stereograph mounts: "Copyrighted 1903, by William H. Rau." However, some were cleared by the copyright office at the beginning of January 1904.
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Handwritten and numbered captions on each stereograph.

Medium

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

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13733 (S) [P&P]

Repository

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

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005676215

Rights Advisory

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

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Rau, William Herman, photographer. Stereograph views of Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon. West Bank Israel Baʻlabakk Jerusalem Palestine Lebanon Syria Damascus, None. c1903-c1904. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005676215/.

APA citation style:

Rau, W. H., photographer. Stereograph views of Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon. West Bank Israel Baʻlabakk Jerusalem Palestine Lebanon Syria Damascus, None. c1903-c1904. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2005676215/.

MLA citation style:

Rau, William Herman, photographer. Stereograph views of Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon. c1903-c1904. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2005676215/>.