F. Vester photographs of the Holy Land, approximately 1900
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Summary
- Creator:
- Vester, Frederick
- Abstract:
- Collection comprises a photograph album with 38 albumen photographs (6 x 4.25 inches) pasted on sheets of thick cardboard. The album's binding features decorated wood with a Jerusalem cross. The back of the binding is marked "Jerusalem" in English and Hebrew. Photographs are numbered and feature subtitles in English and French. Photographic subjects in Jerusalem include: exterior and interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and several stations of the cross, the Wailing Wall, Via Dolorosa, various gates of Jerusalem, Mosque of Omar, Tomb of the Kings, Garden of Gethsemane, and Mount of Olives. Among the images of Palestine are: Jaffa, Tomb of Rachel, Bethlehem, Hebron, Tomb of Lazarus, Jericho, Dead Sea, the River Jordan, and the Tower of David and Hippicus. There is also a photograph of two women at a mill. All but two of the photographs are signed with the American Colony mark.
- Extent:
- 0.7 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials in English, French and Hebrew
- Collection ID:
- RL.11269
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection comprises a photograph album with 38 albumen photographs (6 x 4.25 inches) pasted on sheets of thick cardboard. The album's binding features decorated wood with a Jerusalem cross. The back of the binding is marked "Jerusalem" in English and Hebrew. Photographs are numbered and feature subtitles in English and French. Photographic subjects in Jerusalem include: exterior and interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and several stations of the cross, the Wailing Wall, Via Dolorosa, various gates of Jerusalem, Mosque of Omar, Tomb of the Kings, Garden of Gethsemane, and Mount of Olives. Among the images of Palestine are: Jaffa, Tomb of Rachel, Bethlehem, Hebron, Tomb of Lazarus, Jericho, Dead Sea, the River Jordan, and the Tower of David and Hippicus. There is also a photograph of two women at a mill. All but two of the photographs are signed with the American Colony mark.
- Biographical / historical:
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F. Vester was probably Frederick Vester, who was a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, a religious community founded by American emigré Christians Horatio Gates Spafford (1828-1888) and Anna T. Spafford, and perpetuated by their daughter, Bertha Spafford Vester, and others. Frederick Vester helped form the Photo department in the Colony.
- Acquisition information:
- The F. Vester Photographs of the Holy Land were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2016.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Alice Poffinberger, August, 2016
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2016-0217
- Physical facet:
- 1 volume
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Documentary Photography -- Palestine
Photographers -- Palestine - Format:
- Albumen prints
Photograph albums
Black-and-white photographs - Names:
- American Colony (Jerusalem)
Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University)
Vester, Frederick - Places:
- Jerusalem -- Photographs
Palestine -- Antiquities
Palestine -- Photographs
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[Identification of item], F. Vester Photographs of the Holy Land, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.