Album with approx. 185 photographs (mounted on cardboard pages), taken during a private journey in the north of Eretz Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Switzerland, [late 19th century, ca.1875-1885].
The album contains about 45 photographs of Eretz Israel portraying, among others, Tiberias (the town and its surroundings), Kineret, Bedouines near the Hula, Druze in Upper Galilee, Jordan River (next to Dan), the village of Jauni (later: Rosh Pina), Bnot Ya'akov Bridge, view from a tent erected by the travelers near the Banias and inhabitants living in the area, the Jordan River sources (Banias), Mount Hermon, Majdal Shams, and the travelers tent camp (some of the photographs are panoramic). Further in the album appear approx. 54 photographs from Syria and Lebanon (Damascus, Beirut, and other locations) and ca. 80 photographs from a Ski-vacation in Davos. Several additional photographs are enclosed at the end of the album, including two panoramic photographs which were most probably taken in the North of Eretz Israel. Size varies, average size: 9X12 cm, to 9X30 cm (panoramas). Album: 27.5X38 cm. Photographs in good condition. Several photographs detached. Album in fair-good condition: lacking
spine, some cardboard pages are detached.

Collection of photographs of Eretz Israel [late 19th century].
Twenty eight photographs portraying sites and views: Dome of the Rock, Austrian Hospice in Jerusalem, Rachel's Tomb, Absalom's Tomb, Bethlehem, Hebron and more. Photos are mounted on cardboard leaves; most photographs are numbered and titled on the reverse of the cardboard leaves (French). Contained in an olive-wood binding with leather spine (not bound). On one side of the binding appears the inscription "Jerusalem" and on the reverse – "Meiner Mutter". Photographs: approx. 11X7.5 cm, mounted on cardboard leaves – approx. 16X12 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Binding 17X12 cm. Detached and damaged.

1. Photograph of a couple by photographer J. Halpern, Jaffa.
2. Photographs of a groom and bride, by photographer Moshe Rothstein, [Haifa?].
3-4. Two photographs of couples, by photographer Joseph Rosio, Zichron Ya'akov. Rosio was one of the first Jewish photographers active in Eretz Israel (See: "Photographers of Palestine", Guy Raz, p. 257).
5. Studio photographs by M. Savvidès & Fréres, Jerusalem. In his book "Photographers of Palestine" Guy Raz notes that only a few studio photographs by Savvidès are known (ibid. p. 27).
6-7. Two (identical) photographs by photographer Zadok Basan, portraying a person standing near a gravestone in a cemetery (ca. 1916).
8. Group photograph, by photographer Zvi Feigin, Haifa.
9. Studio photograph of a woman, by photographer Daoud Sabungi, Jaffa.
Varied sizes and conditions. All mounted on cardboard. Some in fair-poor condition.

Photo-album - a British soldier who served in Eretz Israel. [ca. 1936].
Approximately 260 black and white photos, arranged in an album. Many of the photos were taken when the great Arab revolt broke out in 1936. Among the photos: British and Arab fighters (photo of Fawzi al-Qawuqji, riding a horse; photo of General John Dill, commander of a British division sent to Eretz Israel to subdue the Arab revolt; and more); photos from battle fields; photos of the military cemetery in Jerusalem; photo of Haj (muhamed) Amin el-Huseini, Mufti of Jerusalem; photos of the cities of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa and Jericho; and more. Printed notes with titles (English) were mounted on the album's leaves as well as general photos of sites and views in Eretz Israel and Jordan. Album: 30X21.5 cm. Most photos: approx. 9X6 cm. Overall good condition. Damage to album's binding.