'Postcards and Snapshots of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt' - Hisham Khatib Collection
Call Number
AD.MC.030_ref173
Date
Circa 1910-1920, bulk
Creator
Extent
58 Photographic Prints
58 postcards and photographic prints over 20 pages of an album
Language of Materials
English .
Subjects
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Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.
Repository
Akkasah: Photography Archive (NYU Abu Dhabi)
Container
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
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The front cover of the album "Postcards and Snapshots of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt.", Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
The inside front cover of the album "Postcards and Snapshots of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt.", Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
From the top left clockwise: a postcard entitled "Chef de bedouins pasteurs" [a Bedouin chief holding a gun], a train crossing over a bridge, the Great Sphinx of Giza, and a group of boys and men in front of a tent., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Men;
Individual Portraits;
Regional/National Dress;
Head Covers/Veils;
Palm Trees;
Guns;
Weapons;
Studio Photography;
Painted Backdrops;
Mountains/Hills;
Bridges;
Group Portraits;
Fez/Tarboush;
Hats;
Women;
Children;
Boys;
Facial Hair;
Pyramids;
The Great Sphinx of Giza;
Archaeological Sites/Artifacts;
Tents;
Transportation;
Cigarettes;
Trains;
Water;
Rivers;
French Writing;
Deserts
Places
From the top clockwise: a hand-colored postcard showing Straight Street and the Bab Sharki gate in Damascus, the Al-Hamidiyah Souq, the courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque, a building on a street, and the Temple of Baalshamin at the ruins of Palmyra., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Occupations
From the top left clockwise: a landscape of Damascus, the Hejaz Railway Station, a view of Marjeh Square (Martyrs' Square), a view of a bridge with a building in the background, and a view of Marjeh Square (Martyrs' Square)., Circa 1913-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
From the top left clockwise: (No.41) a hand-colored postcard showing mosques in Aleppo, (No.44) a hand-colored postcard showing a partial view of eastern Aleppo, (No.43) a hand-colored postcard showing a view of south-eastern Aleppo, and a postcard of the Aleppo Citadel, and details of a window at the Khan al-Saboun (Al Saboun Caravanserai)., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
From the top left clockwise: (No.32) a postcard of Al-Otrush Mosque, (No.13) a hand-colored postcard of Al Khosrofieh Mosque, a hand-colored postcard entitled "Beduines Syriennes" [Syrian Bedouins], and a hand-colored postcard showing a general view of Hama, Syria., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Top: a hand-colored postcard of Tripoli, Lebanon. Bottom: (No.651) a hand-colored postcard showing the Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles in Tripoli [Qala'at Sanjil/Tarablus], Lebanon., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
From the top left clockwise: the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek, the Temple of Jupiter in Baalbek, two men sitting on the banks of the Jordan River, and a column from the Temple of Bacchus., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
From the top left clockwise: a view of the Dome of the Rock/Qubbat al-Sakhrah or Al Aqsa Mosque in Haram esh-Sharif / Temple Mount, a crowd of people at the Western Wall, a hand-colored postcard of the tablets in the Church of the Pater Noster, a crowded street in Jerusalem, and a postcard of the Damascus Gate., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Mosques;
Religious Sites;
Buildings;
Architecture;
French Writing;
Doors/Entrances;
Damascus Gate, Jerusalem;
Crowds;
Men;
Women;
Head Covers/Veils;
Umbrellas/Parasols;
Boys;
Children;
Hats;
Streets/Roads;
Markets;
Al-Aqsa Mosque/al-Masjid al-ʾAqṣā;
Temple Mount/al-Ḥaram al-Šarīf;
Western Wall;
Church of the Pater Noster;
Donkeys;
Group Portraits;
Churches;
Praying
Places
Occupations
From the top left clockwisee: a hand-colored postcard of people praying at the Western Wall, (No.31) an interior view of Al-Aqsa Mosque, a hand-colored postcard of the interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a view of the Mount of Olives including Absalom's Tomb and Zecharias' Tomb, and a view of the Abbey of the Dormition., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
French Writing;
Western Wall;
Praying;
Head Covers/Veils;
Regional/National Dress;
Group Portraits;
Women;
Religious Sites;
Churches;
Landscapes;
Buildings;
Architecture;
Mountains/Hills;
Al-Aqsa Mosque/al-Masjid al-ʾAqṣā;
Tomb of Absalom;
Tombs/Mausoleums;
Church of the Holy Sepulchre;
Mosques;
Paintings;
Chandeliers
From the top clockwise: a hand-colored postcard of the Cenacle, a postcard of the Pool of Siloam, and a postcard of the Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
From the top down: a view of terraced hills in Bethlehem, a general view of Acre featuring Al-Jazzar Mosque, and (No.104) a hand-colored postcard of Elish'a Spring., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
From the top left clockwise: a hand-colored postcard of Bethany, a hand-colored postcard of Tiberias, a hand-colored postcard of the Stella Maris Monastery in Haifa, a hand-colored postcard of a marketplace in Jaffaa, and a view of Nazareth taken from Kafr Kanna., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Occupations
From the top left clockwise: men and women posing on a village road, an aerial view of Cairo, people walking on a street, a view of men working with wooden mechanisms at the City of the Dead, a village in Egypt, an archaeological site with a palm forest in the background, a landscape of the Great Pyramids, a group portrait of men in front of the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids., Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Streets/Roads;
Buildings;
Architecture;
Archaeological Sites/Artifacts;
Pyramids;
Palm Trees;
Mountains/Hills;
Mosques;
Religious Ceremony;
Cameras;
The Great Sphinx of Giza;
Camels;
Men;
Animals;
Group Portraits;
Hats;
Fez/Tarboush;
Deserts;
Boys;
Children;
Donkeys;
Tombs/Mausoleums;
Countryside/Rural
Places
Occupations
A blank page in the album "Postcards and Snapshots of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt.", Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
A blank page in the album "Postcards and Snapshots of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt.", Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
A blank page in the album "Postcards and Snapshots of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt.", Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
The inside back cover of the album "Postcards and Snapshots of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt.", Circa 1910-1920, inclusive
E-records: Electronic Records AD_MC_30_ref173 (Material Type: electronic resource)
Extent
1 Photographic Prints