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201. A Busy District, Sydney
A Busy District, Sydney
202. Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, Palestine
Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, Palestine
Description
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This view taken from the bell tower of the German Church of the Redeemer, looks due east toward the Mount of Olives. While the Biblical expression is "Go up to Jerusalem," and Jerusalem is on a high elevation, it is not the highest in the vicinity. The mount of Olives overlooks Jerusalem being 250 feet higher than the Temple area, or 126 feet above Mount Zion."
203. Oregon City in the early days
Oregon City in the early days
Description
In 1829 Dr. John McLoughlin laid claim to some land near Willamette Falls by making a number of improvements on it. He said that he believed this locality was 'destined by nature to become the best place for commerce in the country'. As time went on a number of settlers located there. The city was platted and named, by Dr. McLoughlin, 'Oregon City,' and became incorporated under the laws of the Provisional Government in 1844. This picture was probably taken around 1845, when the population did not exceed five hundred and when Portland was just a convenient camping place between Fort Vancouver and Oregon City.
204. Portland, Oregon in 1851
Portland, Oregon in 1851
Description
This view shows Portland when it had not yet outdistanced its rival, the growing town of Milwaukee, for metropolitan honors. Each aspired to be the head of permanent navigation for ocean steamers. The Oregonian had just been established in December of the preceeding year. Within another year Portland had established itself as the head ocean going navigation and has ever since held that place. In 1848 only three or four vessels entered the Willamette. In 1850 over fifty ships found their way up to the vicinity of Portland.
205. Portland in 1854
Portland in 1854
Description
The original of this picture was an old daguerreotype taken by Portland's veteran photographer, Joseph Buchtel. It was taken from a window of the Canton House, later the American Exchange, located at the corner of Front and Washington Streets. This view includes practically all there was of Portland in 1854. In the foreground are the buildings along the west side of Front Street between Washington and Alder. In the background the building with the square cupola is the Taylor Street Methodist Church.
206. Windermere and Bowness from Summit
Windermere and Bowness from Summit
Description
"Bowness is the lakeport for the village of Windermere. This view is taken from the summit of a fell or mountain nearby."
207. Tiberias and sea of Galilee looking south
Tiberias and sea of Galilee looking south
Description
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Tiberias, now Tabariyeh, is on the western shore of the lake of Galilee about seven miles from its southern end. The lake lies 627 feet below the level of the Mediterranean; the city is on a plain a few feet above the lake. After the destruction of Jerusalem, Tiberias became the seat of many Jewish schools. Here the Mishna was complied and published and about A.D. 220, and the Palestinian Talmud about 420. Here the vowel points were added to the Hebrew Bible about 600 A.D. Of its present population of 4,000 two-thirds are Jews."
208. Bird's-eye view of Bethlehem from church of nativity
Bird's-eye view of Bethlehem from church of nativity
Description
Constantine built a church here in 330, most of which survives in the present church of Nativity. Justinian who reigned from 527 to 565, rebuilt the walls of the town. The first care of the Crusaders, before taking Jerusalem in 1099, was to secure the safety of the Christian population of Bethlehem. Today there are about 8,000 inhabitants with Armenian Greek, and Latin churches, monasteries, convents, and schools for girls and for boys. There are English and German missions.
209. Heckscher Building
Heckscher Building
Description
At Fifth Avenue and 57th is the Heckscher Building (the tall building in the foreground built in tiers), built to comply with the new city building regulations. Just across the street is the Vanderbilt residence and back on the next street the Plaza Hotel, one of the most fashionable in the City. This view also shows the beginning of Central Park. This is the end of the shopping district on lower Fifth Avenue, but after the Park has been passed the Avenue comes again into a district of shops, though this time they are on the upper East Side and are entirely different in character; one would not recognize in it the street from Washington Square to 59th.
210. 1970 Aerial Map of Corvallis, Oregon
1970 Aerial Map of Corvallis, Oregon
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