View of Jerusalem from Mount of Olives, Palestine
- Title
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View of Jerusalem from Mount of Olives, Palestine
- LC Subject
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Cities and towns
Scenic overlooks
- Description
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Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This picture is taken from the vest side of the Mount of Olives near a ruin that tradition points out as the place where "when He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept over it. "(Luke19:421) From here one has his finest view of Jerusalem and cannot wonder that from this eminence the disciples looked upon the city with admiration. Viewed from the Mount of Olives, the city presents an imposing appearance. the wall of the city is thirty-eight feet high, has seven gates and thirty four towers, and is two and one-fifths miles around. The walls ascending sharply from the valley give to the town an appearance of great strength. The town within the walls covers 209 acres, but the city extends outward in several directions, especially to the west and north. Below this viewpoint, to the left, is the Russian church in their Garden of Gethsemane. Immediately below that and to the right where are seen several tall cypress trees is the La
- Work Type
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lantern slides
- Location
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Palestine >> Middle East >> Earth
- Date
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1910
- Identifier
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P217:06:17
- Rights
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No Copyright - United States
- Rights Holder
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OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Local Collection Name
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Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/tiff
- Set
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OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
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OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Is Part Of
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Set 10 - Palestine and Syria
- Institution
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Oregon State University
- Modified
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2011-07-11
- Submission Date
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2010-11-18