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Palestine Photograph Album, ca. 1920s-1950s.
Bernath Mss 203LOCAL
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Title:

Palestine Photograph Album, ca. 1920s-1950s

Creator/Contributor:

Verlag Uvachrom

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

Album contains 244 color postcards, mainly of Palestine, with some additional postcards of Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt. Most descriptive information on the postcards is in German; some also include French and English. Images include sights, scenes and local peoples in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Haifa, Acre, Nazareth, Gethsemane, Bethany, Jericho, Tiberias (Palestine / Israel); Damascus, Aleppo (Syria); Cairo, Port Said (Egypt); Beirut, Baalbek (Lebanon). There is also one postcard of Tripoli (Libya). Most postcards focus on biblical sites.

Date:

192u (issued)

Subject:

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Palestine -- Pictorial works
Israel -- Pictorial works
Egypt -- Pictorial works
Syria -- Pictorial works
Lebanon -- Pictorial works

Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Purchase, 2006.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Palestine Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 203. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Type:

Postcards.
Postcard albums.

Physical Description:

.4 linear ft.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.