Jerusalem from Mount of Olives – Historic Reproduction
(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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Jerusalem from Mount of Olives comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Jerusalem from Mount of Olives
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The view from the Mount of Olives over Jerusalem is one of the most familiar vantage points in the city, looking across the Kidron Valley toward the walls and rooftops of the Old City. This glass negative comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs assembled by the Bain News Service in New York in the early twentieth century, when the agency sold images of world events and places to newspapers and magazines. The record gives no date for the exposure, and the title comes from the agency's own unverified caption cards, so the exact year is uncertain. The Mount of Olives was a favored subject for photographers of the period, since its slope offered a clear panorama of the holy sites below.
| 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. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,109 × 3,796 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-27172 |
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