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Bridge in the Shoemakers' Bazaar, Damascus. A camel and a little group of people can be seen through the grated window, passing over the bridge. In the foreground there is a pleasantly situated café.

Trucks unload fresh vegetables from early morning market. The clerk takes them in from the sidewalks and arranges them on the display racks. Retail grocery, San Angelo, Texas

Entrance to Damascus, by the road through the Merj, or meadow, west of the city. The large building on the right, with its many domes and two slender minarets, is the Tekîyeh, or hospital for pilgrims, built by Sultan Selim I in A.D. 1516.

Erste Ansicht der Stadt Mekka: links in Hintergrund die Festung Djijâd. Das grosse Gebäude rechts ist ied _Hamîdijjah, links daneben die Druckerei.

Roadside café, Damascus. The man in the foreground is selling thin loaves of wheaten bread, slightly spread with butter and grape syrup and sprinkled with sessame seed. He calls out every now and then, in a plaintive voice, "God is the nourisher! Buy my bread!"

Kuryet-el-'Anab, the village of grapes, probably the Kirjath of Benjamin. It is now commonly called Abu Ghosh. The large building on the right is the Church of St. Jeremiah.

House of Saint Veronica, in the Via Dolorosa. The peasant walking up the street, wearing an embroidered abai, or cloak made of goat's hair, is carrying a plough. On the right sits a seller of fruit under an awning made of his cloak

Mr. and Mrs. Besson eating cake and coffee at a Forty-two party at their home. Pie Town, New Mexico. They farmed in Oklahoma near Frederick before homesteading to Pie Town

Street in Masr El-Atîkah. The man in the foreground is selling water flavored with orange blossom.

The Street of the Damascus Gate with a characteristic group of Bedouins outside a café on the left, a party of Turkish soldiers breakfasting, and on the right a group of dealers in fruit and vegetables

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jerusalem city town life streets prints illustrations dorot jewish division picturesque palestine sinai and egypt group damascus gate turkish soldiers ultra high resolution high resolution fenn harry 1838 1911 artist city and town life wood engravings street damascus gate bedouins cafe party turkish soldiers dealers fruit vegetables palestine sinai egypt history of israel israel book illustrations syria
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1881 - 1883
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Wilson, Charles William, Sir (1836-1905), Author
Fenn, Harry (1838-1911), Artist
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New York Public Library
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The large plane-tree, Damascus. It is nearly forty feet in circumference. A peasant and his plough are resting against it, and in its shade a carperter is working, steadying his bow saw with his naked foot.

The gorge of the Bûrada (Abana), through which the new French road approaches Damascus. At the outlet of this gorge the stream is divided into seven branches, two of which supply the fountain in the city, and the rest are used to irrigate the fields and gardens.

The Jews of Damascus find a large jug inscribed with the Muslim profession of faith (shahâdah) and try to destroy it, but they are unsuccessful.

City walls : a. exterior of the north wall of the city, east of Damascus Gate; b. exterior of the north wall of the city, east of Damascus Gate

Birds eye view of Damascus, with part of Mount Lebanon

The Mohammedan day school in the Shoemakers' Bazaar. The pupils are seated on the floor of a shop, each holding a wooden tablet, on which the lesson is written; and they intone it together, rocking themselves to and fro all the while

Slave pen, Alexandria, Va. [Soldiers standing in front of Price, Birch, & Co, Dealers in Slaves.]

Beduini del deserto; Maniera d'elevar l'acqua; Altro modo d'elevar l'acqua.

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jerusalem city town life streets prints illustrations dorot jewish division picturesque palestine sinai and egypt group damascus gate turkish soldiers ultra high resolution high resolution fenn harry 1838 1911 artist city and town life wood engravings street damascus gate bedouins cafe party turkish soldiers dealers fruit vegetables palestine sinai egypt history of israel israel book illustrations syria