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Jerusalem the City of David from New Calvary Palestine – Antique Print

Jerusalem the City of David from New Calvary Palestine, 1897 — historic photograph
Jerusalem the City of David from New Calvary Palestine, 1897. Historic photograph from the Middle East & Holy Land collection.

(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 historic photograph of Jerusalem the City of David from New Calvary Palestine brings a moment of history to your wall. 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 the City of David from New Calvary Palestine

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Taken from the rise called New Calvary, north of the Old City, this stereograph looks back toward the ancient ridge that the title identifies as the City of David. The card dates to 1897, when Underwood & Underwood held the copyright, and it is numbered 31 in the publisher's series, with William I. Marshall credited as publisher. Seen through a stereoscope, the two paired images gave walls, rooftops and terraced hillsides a convincing depth, which made such cards a popular way for late nineteenth-century viewers to visit Jerusalem from their parlors.

Created / published1897
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen.
Notes33729 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Title on recto of item. No. 31. · Marshall William I. (William Isaac) 1840-1906 publisher.
SubjectsCities & towns--Jerusalem--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Stereograph Cards
Original scan5,863 × 2,982 px · prints to 20 × 10 in at 300 dpi
Reference1819_Jerusalem_the_City_of_D_1897

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