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Photo, Print, Drawing American Colony in Jerusalem Collection: Part I: Photograph album, Locust plague of 1915

About this Item

Title

  • American Colony in Jerusalem Collection: Part I: Photograph album, Locust plague of 1915

Names

  • American Colony (Jerusalem)
  • Larsson, Lewis (Photographer)
  • American Colony Photo Department (Creator)

Created / Published

  • 1915

Headings

  • -  American Colony Photo Department
  • -  Locusts--Palestine
  • -  Palestine--Locust plagues
  • -  Photography--Palestine
  • -  Larsson, Lewis
  • -  Manuscripts
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Palestine -- Jerusalem

Genre

  • Manuscripts
  • Photographs

Notes

  • -  Black leather photograph album, bound vertically, containing 57 hand-colored prints ( ca. 10 1/2 x 7 1/2") depicting the effects of the locust plague of 1915 in Palestine. Attributed to Lewis Larsson, photographer, head of the American Colony Photo Department. Includes studies of stages of transformation in life cycle of locust, "before" and "after" images of landscapes and flora impacted by the invasion, and abatement methods used.
  • -  See for reference similar photograph album in the Papers of John D. Whiting, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.

Medium

  • photo album 13" x 10" closed

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Part 1, OV 4: American Colony in Jerusalem
  • series: Part I: Topical File, 1871-2004

Source Collection

  • American Colony in Jerusalem Collection

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

American Colony, Lewis Larsson, and American Colony Photo Department. American Colony in Jerusalem Collection: Part I: Photograph album, Locust plague of. Palestine Jerusalem, 1915. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/mamcol.058/.

APA citation style:

American Colony, Larsson, L. & American Colony Photo Department. (1915) American Colony in Jerusalem Collection: Part I: Photograph album, Locust plague of. Palestine Jerusalem, 1915. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mamcol.058/.

MLA citation style:

American Colony, Lewis Larsson, and American Colony Photo Department. American Colony in Jerusalem Collection: Part I: Photograph album, Locust plague of. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mamcol.058/>.