Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Photographic Panorama of Jerusalem – American Colony

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Panoramic photograph of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, by photographers of the American Colony Photo Department in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, [ca. early 1930s].
A panoramic view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. A sharp, high-quality photograph, blindstamped in lower right corner: "American Colony, Jerusalem".
Photograph: approx. 173X50 cm. Good condition. Creases, pinholes and small tears to margins. Several of the tears are reinforced with tape. A thick piece of paper was mounted to the margins of the photograph, on verso (for reinforcement).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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