14 photographs of Palestine and the vicinity by Frank Mason Good. [ca. 1860s-70s].
The photographs, from two different series, depict various views of Jerusalem, the Western Wall, Pool of Siloam, the Golden Gate, road to Jericho, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Mount Tabor, and more. Three photographs were taken in Egypt and Sinai.
The photographs are mounted on paper sheets, titled in print on the paper sheets (English) and accompanied by biblical verses. The photographs are not signed; most of them appear in the Frank Mason Good photograph collection in the Holy Land Digital Image Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Library.
Frank Mason Good (1839-1928), born in England, began his photographic career as an assistant to the photographer Francis Frith. He is known mainly for the photographs he took during his travels in the Middle East in the 1860s and 1870s.
14 photographs, mounted on paper sheets in two different sizes: eight photographs sized approx. 15.5X10 cm, on sheets sized 28.5X21 cm; six photographs – approx. 20.5X15.5 cm, on 38X30.5 cm sheets. Good condition. Stains and creases to paper sheets. Small tears at margins of some of the paper sheets.

Three series of color stereoscope cards depicting sites and views in Palestine. [Stuttgart]: Farbenphotographische Gesellschaft, 1910s.
Three series of six cards each: Serie 24 (Jerusalem), Serie 25 (Jerusalem) and Serie 27 (Palestine). Two of the series are in their original envelopes. The third is in the envelope of Serie 33.
Printed on verso of each of the cards is the name of the site in four languages (on some, in five languages) and short explanations in German. Sites include: The Western Wall, Damascus Gate, Mount Zion, Tombs of the Kings, Absalom's Pillar, Tiberias, Migdal and more.
18 cards. 9X18 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes to margins of cards. Stains. Stains and tears to envelopes (some of the tears are restored with tape).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

Five photographic postcards documenting the second exhibition organized by the "Commerce and Industry" Company for locally produced goods ("The Exhibition and Fair for Locally Produced Goods"). [Tel-Aviv, 1924]. Three of them are stamped with the stamp of photographer S. Brill.
The photographs depict visitors and workers before various pavilions: "The Union of Vine-Growers", "Factory for Roofing Tiles, Sheinson Brothers", the pavilion of the "Shachor & Co." Company for chemical fertilizer, "Iron Factory" and more. One of the photographs documents a speech from the opening ceremony of the exhibition.
In 1923, Alexander Yevzerov, Avraham Idelsohn and Shlomo Yaffe established the "Commerce and Industry" Company. Within the framework of its activity, the company decided to organize an exhibition, first of its kind, that will exhibit the best products of the Jewish Yishuv in Palestine. The exhibition was organized in three rooms of the Zionist club in Tel-Aviv in 1923, and due to its surprising success, a larger exhibition was decided upon for the following year. The location of the exhibition was moved to the yard of the municipal school for boys (the future "Achad HaAm" school), pavilions were built for the participants and industrialists from all over the world were invited to visit it. In the following years, the exhibition increasingly grew larger until in 1932, it received a new title "The Levant Fair".
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good overall condition. Two photographs are captioned by hand (one on the margins and one on verso).

Album with 31 photographs of Palestine, by Ya'akov Ben-Dov (Jacob Bendow) and photographers of the American Colony photography department in Jerusalem. This album was presented to C. S. Phillips, secretary of the Jerusalem Musical Society upon his departure from Palestine in 1923.
The album contains: * Photographs of Jerusalem and the vicinity (streets in the Old City, Dome of the Rock, El Aqsa Mosque, worshippers at the Western Wall, and more). * Photographs of Tiberias, Migdal and the Sea of Galilee. * Photographs of Yemenite Jews and Arab women. * Photograph of Ya'akov Ben-Dov's daughter, dressed as Ruth the Moabite. * Photographs of views in towns and settlements in Palestine.
Fourteen of the photographs are stamped with American Colony stamps ("American Colony Jerusalem") and seven stamped with Ya'akov Ben-Dov's stamp ("J. Bendow").
The album is bound in a leather binding (detached) with a dedication in English to C. S. Phillips, from the Jerusalem Musical Society, dated June 1923. According to the dedication, the album was given to Phillips before he left Palestine, as a token of appreciation for his service as secretary of the Jerusalem Musical Society from the day of its foundation (the society was founded in 1921 by Thelma Yellin).
31 photographs, mounted on the album's leaves. Photographs: approx. 22X28 cm. Album: 42X32 cm. Photographs in good condition. Tears (some are open tears) and stains to album's leaves and to tissue guards. Two of the leaves and the album's binding are detached (the leaves of the album were re-bound with string). Binding in fair condition (wear, tears and stains). The dedication on the binding is slightly faded. The album is placed in a fine case.