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  • View of the city of Lydda (Lod, in the Old Testament) showing two residents atop a building with the city stretching out behind them.
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    Lydda, the Old Testament "Lod"

    Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, 1843-1930
    View of the city of Lydda (Lod, in the Old Testament) showing two residents atop a building with the city stretching out behind them.
    Subject - Time Period
    Twentieth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1914
    Collection
    Palestine Through the Stereoscope
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    View of the city of Lydda (Lod, in the Old Testament) showing two residents atop a building with the city stretching out behind them.
  • A view of the city of Cairo taken looking northwest from the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha within the Citadel of Saladin towards the Mosque of Sultan Hassan across Salah al-Din Square. The photo features the courtyard (sahn) and clocktower of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the foreground.
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    Mosque of Sultan Hassan as seen from the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    A view of the city of Cairo taken looking northwest from the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha within the Citadel of Saladin towards the Mosque of Sultan Hassan across Salah al-Din Square. The photo features the courtyard (sahn) and clocktower of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the foreground.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-03-03
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A view of the city of Cairo taken looking northwest from the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha within the Citadel of Saladin towards the Mosque of Sultan Hassan across Salah al-Din Square. The photo features the courtyard (sahn) and clocktower of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the foreground.
  • The snow-covered Mount Hermon (background) as seen looking south across the city of Rashaya.
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    Mount Hermon above the city of Rashaya

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    The snow-covered Mount Hermon (background) as seen looking south across the city of Rashaya.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-04-27
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    The snow-covered Mount Hermon (background) as seen looking south across the city of Rashaya.
  • A view across the city of Athens looking northeast towards Mount Lycabettus from the Acropolis.
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    Mount Lycabettus, Athens

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    A view across the city of Athens looking northeast towards Mount Lycabettus from the Acropolis.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-05-31
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A view across the city of Athens looking northeast towards Mount Lycabettus from the Acropolis.
  • An engraving depicting the prophet Obadiah standing barefoot as he glances left and up towards heaven. Behind him is a landscape featuring a cliffside with two groups of buildings.
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    Obadiah

    An engraving depicting the prophet Obadiah standing barefoot as he glances left and up towards heaven. Behind him is a landscape featuring a cliffside with two groups of buildings.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1695
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the prophet Obadiah standing barefoot as he glances left and up towards heaven. Behind him is a landscape featuring a cliffside with two groups of buildings.
  • The olive trees of the Garden of Gethsemane with the Temple Mount visible in the background.
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    Olive Trees in the Garden of Gethsemane

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    The olive trees of the Garden of Gethsemane with the Temple Mount visible in the background.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-04
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    The olive trees of the Garden of Gethsemane with the Temple Mount visible in the background.
  • A brief history of Pennington United Methodist Church and the community it serves, including the founding of the town and church, the town school, the predominant trades and work in the town, the town store, extentions to the church building, and notable burials. Photos include: Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration on March 31, 1940; Pennington Store, church and school; and class photos with several noted names.
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    Pennington United Methodist Church And Community: History of the Church and Community

    A brief history of Pennington United Methodist Church and the community it serves, including the founding of the town and church, the town school, the predominant trades and work in the town, the town store, extentions to the church building, and notable burials. Photos include: Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration on March 31, 1940; Pennington Store, church and school; and class photos with several noted names.
    Subject - Time Period
    Eighteenth century
    Nineteenth century
    Twentieth century
    Date Created
    1994/2005
    Collections
    Historic Rural Churches Archive, Pennington United Methodist Church (Madison, Ga.) records
    Copyright
    IN COPYRIGHT
    A brief history of Pennington United Methodist Church and the community it serves, including the founding of the town and church, the town school, the predominant trades and work in the town, the town store, extentions to the church building, and notable burials. Photos include: Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration on March 31, 1940; Pennington Store, church and school; and class photos with several noted names.
  • An engraving depicting the persecution of Anabaptists under Ferdinand II. The image shows a man being arrested while books are being burned behind him (left), a town being destroyed (background), and the belongings of families being siezed (right).
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    Persecutions fuit par Ferdinand Archiduc de Grats, pres l'an 1600

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
    An engraving depicting the persecution of Anabaptists under Ferdinand II. The image shows a man being arrested while books are being burned behind him (left), a town being destroyed (background), and the belongings of families being siezed (right).
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1685
    1698
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting the persecution of Anabaptists under Ferdinand II. The image shows a man being arrested while books are being burned behind him (left), a town being destroyed (background), and the belongings of families being siezed (right).
  • An engraving depicting a story in the New Testament apocryphal writing "Acts of Peter". In it Peter, having kindled the wrath of the powerful, is asked by his fellow Christians to flee Rome so that his ministry may continue. As he leaves the city he sees Christ walking towards Rome carrying a cross. Peter asks where he is going. Christ tells him he is going to Rome to be crucified again. Hearing this Peter returns to Rome convinced his time has come.
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    Peter Faces Martyrdom

    Raphael, 1483-1520
    An engraving depicting a story in the New Testament apocryphal writing "Acts of Peter". In it Peter, having kindled the wrath of the powerful, is asked by his fellow Christians to flee Rome so that his ministry may continue. As he leaves the city he sees Christ walking towards Rome carrying a cross. Peter asks where he is going. Christ tells him he is going to Rome to be crucified again. Hearing this Peter returns to Rome convinced his time has come.
    Subject - Time Period
    Seventeenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1600/1699
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    An engraving depicting a story in the New Testament apocryphal writing "Acts of Peter". In it Peter, having kindled the wrath of the powerful, is asked by his fellow Christians to flee Rome so that his ministry may continue. As he leaves the city he sees Christ walking towards Rome carrying a cross. Peter asks where he is going. Christ tells him he is going to Rome to be crucified again. Hearing this Peter returns to Rome convinced his time has come.
  • A photo album documenting Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith's time as missionaries in Chile and travels around South and Central America and to India. The album includes photographs of the Western South America Mission Conference meeting at Santiago, Chile, in February of 1897; portraits of local peoples; landscape and panoramic photos of Concepción, Chile; landscape and panoramic photos of Iquique, Chile; landscape photos of Taltal, Chile; photos of the Bío-Bío River; photos of buildings in or near Kodaikanal, India; buildings and landscapes in and near Colón, Panama; cathedrals, markets, and local peoples along the Panama Canal; photos of the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador; photos of the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, including of the celebration of Corpus Christi Day; photos from Syracuse, New York, including of Syracuse University; a group photo of the International Missionary Union, gathered in Clifton Springs, New York, in June of 1902; photos of San Juan, Puerto Rico; photos of Guayama, Puerto Rico; photos of Cayey, Puerto Rico; and photographs of President Theodore Roosevelt's visit to Puerto Rico in 1906.
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    Photo album of Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith

    Griffith, Elva Roxana
    A photo album documenting Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith's time as missionaries in Chile and travels around South and Central America and to India.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Twentieth century
    Date Created
    1897/1906
    Collection
    Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A photo album documenting Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith's time as missionaries in Chile and travels around South and Central America and to India.
  • A view of the Plains of Gennesaret and the Sea of Galilee with the town of Migdal (Magdala) in the middleground.
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    Plain of Gennesaret and Sea of Galilee, N. from above Magdala to Upper Galilee

    Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, 1843-1930
    A view of the Plains of Gennesaret and the Sea of Galilee with the town of Migdal (Magdala) in the middleground.
    Subject - Time Period
    Twentieth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1914
    Collection
    Palestine Through the Stereoscope
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A view of the Plains of Gennesaret and the Sea of Galilee with the town of Migdal (Magdala) in the middleground.
  • A view across scrubland of the city of Jaffa (Yafo) looking west.
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    Plate 11: Yâfa, The Ancient Joppa from the West

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    A view across scrubland of the city of Jaffa (Yafo) looking west.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-03
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A view across scrubland of the city of Jaffa (Yafo) looking west.
  • A view of the ancient city of Upper Bethoron (Beth Horon) overlooking the valley of Ajalon.
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    Plate 12: Upper Beth Horon

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    A view of the ancient city of Upper Bethoron (Beth Horon) overlooking the valley of Ajalon.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-03-31
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A view of the ancient city of Upper Bethoron (Beth Horon) overlooking the valley of Ajalon.
  • A view of the Palestinian town, Al Jib, which sits at the site of ancient Gibeon.
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    Plate 13: Gibeon, El Jib

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    A view of the Palestinian town, Al Jib, which sits at the site of ancient Gibeon.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-03-31
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A view of the Palestinian town, Al Jib, which sits at the site of ancient Gibeon.
  • A view of the city of Jerusalem taken from the Mount of Olives. In the background on the right, the Dome of the Rock can be seen.
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    Plate 14: Jerusalem, General View from the Mount of Olives

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    A view of the city of Jerusalem taken from the Mount of Olives. In the background on the right, the Dome of the Rock can be seen.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-03
    1862-04
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A view of the city of Jerusalem taken from the Mount of Olives. In the background on the right, the Dome of the Rock can be seen.
  • The town of Silwan (Siloan) looking north towards the Temple Mount (beyond the hill).
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    Plate 23: Jerusalem, The Village of Siloam in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, with the Hill of Evel Counsel and the Valley of Hinnom

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    The town of Silwan (Siloan) looking north towards the Temple Mount (beyond the hill).
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-04-02
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    The town of Silwan (Siloan) looking north towards the Temple Mount (beyond the hill).
  • A view of the town of Hebron with the Tomb of the Patriarchs, also known as the Mosque of al-Khalil, visible in the middle of the city.
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    Plate 28: Hebron, The Town showing the Great Mosk

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    A view of the town of Hebron with the Tomb of the Patriarchs, also known as the Mosque of al-Khalil, visible in the middle of the city.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-04-08
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A view of the town of Hebron with the Tomb of the Patriarchs, also known as the Mosque of al-Khalil, visible in the middle of the city.
  • A view of the town of Nablus and the surrounding hills.
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    Plate 29: Nablûs, General View of the Town

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    A view of the town of Nablus and the surrounding hills.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-04-12
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A view of the town of Nablus and the surrounding hills.
  • A view of a ruined building, possibly near the Old Tiberias Cemetery in Tiberias, looking south towards the Sea of Galilee.
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    Plate 31: Tiberias, The Lake of Gennesareth, or of Galilee or Tiberias

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    A view of a ruined building, possibly near the Old Tiberias Cemetery in Tiberias, looking south towards the Sea of Galilee.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-04-20
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A view of a ruined building, possibly near the Old Tiberias Cemetery in Tiberias, looking south towards the Sea of Galilee.
  • Snow-capped Mount Lebanon (background) as seen from across the village of Ehden looking east.
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    Plate 40: Lebanon, View of Mount Lebanon taken from above the village of Ehden

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    Snow-capped Mount Lebanon (background) as seen from across the village of Ehden looking east.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-05-12
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    Snow-capped Mount Lebanon (background) as seen from across the village of Ehden looking east.
  • A view accross the island of Patmos with the Monastery of St. John the Theologian visible in the upper right.
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    Plate 41: Patmos, The Island and Monastery

    Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
    A view accross the island of Patmos with the Monastery of St. John the Theologian visible in the upper right.
    Subject - Time Period
    Nineteenth century
    Date Issued or Published
    1862/1869
    Date Created
    1862-05-17
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    A view accross the island of Patmos with the Monastery of St. John the Theologian visible in the upper right.
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