Jerusalem - Jaffa Gate – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Jerusalem - Jaffa Gate, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Jerusalem - Jaffa Gate
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Jaffa Gate is one of the main entrances in the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, opening on the west side toward the port of Jaffa, and the street that led to it, Jaffa Road, was a busy route between the old city and the newer districts beyond. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency, produced this glass negative as part of its large collection of images from around the world. The original caption is unverified, so the exact date and vantage point are uncertain. The scene still shows how the gate's stone walls, built in the 16th century under Ottoman rule, stood against the flow of street traffic and daily life.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Image depicts Jaffa Road near Jaffa Gate (Source: M. Levin, 2006). Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch eight loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 2,542 × 1,818 px · prints to 8 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-37768 |
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