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CITIES and VILLAGES

ENJOYMENTS and PAINS

PALESTINE

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Capture & occupation of Palestine.

Turkish mayor of Jerusalem

Mayor of Jerusalem, Hussein Salim al-Husseini.

1917

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Arrival of Turkish plane.

Mayor of Jerusalem & Turkish officer.

 Hussein Selim el-Hussein[i],

American Colony in background

Mayor of Jerusalem, Hussein Salim al-Husseini.

 Image relates to the arrival of Turkish pilots Salim Bey and Kemal Bey

with their Bleriot XI plane which landed in Jerusalem on May 1, 1914

1914 May 1

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Turkish military WWI.

Man dancing with swords at American Colony Store

between 1914 and 1918

Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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the Sherif of Medina arriving in Jerusalem

Larsson, Lewis (Photographer)

ca. 1914-1917

American Colony in Jerusalem Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Ashraf Bey in American Colony courtyard, Jerusalem

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

Caption : Turkish officer in A.C. courtyard – Governor of Jerusalem

1917

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Kutchuk (Small) Jamal (Cemal) Pasha at St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem

1915

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Bodyguard of Jamal (Cemal) Pasha in Barracks Square, Jerusalem

1915

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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A Holy Carpet brought to Jerusalem by the Sherif of Medina;

the Grand Mufti and Sherif in carriage

1914

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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