A PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF MIDDLE EASTERN INTEREST
Various Photographers, ca. 1930s

Comprising 228 vintage silver gelatin prints, pasted onto album leaves, the subjects including Portraiture (41), City scenes (90), Landscapes (53) and Documentary (28); countries documented include Egypt, Palestine, Italy, and Malta, starting with scenes of the Capri Islands, followed by the pyramids, Alexandria, Cairo, and the sites in Jerusalem, including, the Chruch of Ascension, the Wailing Wall, and the Mosque of Omar, followed by scenes of local life in Bethlehem and Nazareth, Jericho, the Dead Sea, Jacob's Well, and ending with Lisbon and Malta, in a red leather oblong bound folio, the largest 12.5cm x 8.5cm, the smallest 10.5cm x 10cm.