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Glass Slide of the Potter's Field (Jerusalem, Israel)

Description: A glass slide showing a photograph of the Potter’s Field, in Jerusalem, Israel. The Potter's Field is of Biblical origin, and is also called Akeldama, bought by the high priests of Jerusalem for the burial of strangers, criminals, and the poor. It was paid for with the coins that had been paid to Judas Iscariot for his betrayal of Jesus (Matthew 27:3-27:8). On the frame of the slide is printed "T.H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, 49 Nassau St., New York. On the reverse, the slide is number… more
Date: [1882..1929]
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Glass Slide of Men in a Shiloh Field (Israel)

Description: A glass slide showing a photograph of villagers in a rocky field in Shiloh, in Israel. Shiloh has been identified with modern Khirbat Sayūn, in the West Bank, and called "Tell Shiloh" in Modern Hebrew. The photograph was taken by members of The No. 303 – American Colony, in Jerusalem, and is numbered No. 303.
Date: [1882..1929]
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Glass Slide of the Tombs of Eleazar and Phinehas (Awarta, Israel)

Description: A glass slide showing a photograph of two Bedouin men near a site identified as "Awarta, Tombs of Eleazer and Phinehas." In the Hebrew Bible (Joshua 24:33), Joshua's son Eleazar was buried in Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ehpraim. Today the site is associated with the village of Awarta in the West Bank. The slide is numbered No. 305.
Date: [1882..1929]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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