Jerusalem the City of David from New Calvary Palestine – Antique Print
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Jerusalem the City of David from New Calvary Palestine in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Jerusalem the City of David from New Calvary Palestine
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The title places this view at New Calvary, a rocky knoll north of Jerusalem's walls that the British general Charles Gordon proposed in the 1880s as a possible site of Golgotha. From there the camera looks toward the City of David, the low ridge south of the Temple Mount that is generally regarded as the oldest settled part of the city. Because the card is a stereograph, two nearly identical views were meant to be seen together through a stereoscope, giving the ancient hillside and rooftops a sense of depth. Underwood & Underwood sold such cards widely to American households in the 1890s, and cards like this one made distant holy places familiar to home viewers.
| Created / published | 1897 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | 33729 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Title on recto of item. No. 31. · Marshall William I. (William Isaac) 1840-1906 publisher. |
| Subjects | Cities & towns--Jerusalem--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 2,932 × 1,491 px · prints to 10 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1819_Jerusalem_the_City_of_D_1897 |
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