Posted: 03 Jan 2016
The German Emperor's arrival in Jerusalem on October 28, 1898 was a major news item around the world. The Ottoman rulers of Jerusalem and Palestine changed the face of Jerusalem to receive him. Victory arches were built along his route, and the Old City wall was breached to allow passage of his carriage. And as the picture above shows, one shopkeeper closed his shutters. Why?
Below is the full Library of Congress picture of Jaffa Gate with the following caption: "Photograph taken before October 1898 visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Jerusalem when a breach was made in the wall near the Jaffa Gate. (Source: L. Ben-David, Israel's History - A picture a day.)"
|
Showing posts with label Jaffa Gate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jaffa Gate. Show all posts
Monday, January 4, 2016
Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) Why the Jerusalem Merchant Closed His Shop when the Emperor Came in 1898
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
The Lifesavers of Israel ✡ "The Lord Protects and Preserves" - Israel365
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) Jerusalem Was Captured by the British 98 Years Ago. New Photos from the Ottoman Archives
Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) |
Posted: 14 Dec 2015
The LOC picture of two British sergeants accepting the surrender flag from Jerusalem officials (not Turkish officers) is one of the most iconic photographs of World War I in Palestine. The picture was taken by a photographer from the American Colony Photo Department; the flag was a sheet taken from an American Colony bed.
The Monash archives provided a picture of Turkish soldiers hurrying into the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem's Old City on December 9, 1917, "driven from the outlying hills by our men," the caption reads. From the Old City they continued their retreat toward the Dead Sea. But the photo was not very clear. The Ottoman Archives photo below is so clear that viewers can see the writing on the building on the left, "Bezalel" in Hebrew and English. The Bezalel pavilion was built outside of the Jaffa Gate in 1912 to sell souvenirs and crafts made at the Bezalel Academy of Arts. The structure was demolished in 1918 by the British.
|
Monday, August 31, 2015
Israel's History - a Picture a Day - Why Was a Nazi Flag Flying from a Jerusalem Hotel in the 1930s?
Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) |
Posted: 30 Aug 2015
We recently published pictures from the British Library's Endangered Archives Program, including this incredible picture of Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem's Old City which we have dated to the mid-1890s. Only in 1898 was the wall near Jaffa Gate breached so that carriages could drive into the city.
We wanted to know more about the store on the left with the sign "A Fast. Restauranteur." Was this a tourist establishment of Abraham Fast, who in 1907 took over a large hotel several hundred meters to the west of the building pictured above and renamed it "Hotel Fast?"
Hotel Fast and its kosher restaurant was a well-known establishment in Jerusalem for decades, and was probably considered by many to be a Jewish-owned establishment because of its Jewish clientele. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Fasts were German Templers.
They lived in Jerusalem's German Colony and were exiled by the British after World War I and during World War II because of their support for Germany. We recently uncovered pictures of German troops marching in Jerusalem streets on Good Friday 1917. Readers were able to identify the building on the left as the Fast Hotel. Our biggest surprise was finding this picture of the German consulate in the Hotel Fast with the German Swastika flag flying from the building.
During World War II, the hotel was taken over by the British army command and turned into the Australian army club.
|
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Israel's History - a Picture a Day - Maison Bonfils' photographs
Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) |
Posted: 24 Aug 2015
A preview of Bonfils' photographs
Three thousand pictures taken by the Maison Bonfils photographers of Beirut from 1867 to the 1910s are part of the private Fouad Debbas collection in Beirut. Last year, the collection was digitized and posted online by the British Library's Endangered Archives Program. We have posted several Bonfils' photographs in the past from the Library of Congress, Getty, and New York Public Library collections. But nowhere in the world has such an extensive collection of Bonfils' photographs been collected and made public. We thank the Debbas family and Ms. Jody Butterworth, the curator of the British Library's Endangered Archives Programme, for their efforts. We present here just a preview of this very important collection:
Elsewhere in the Debbas Collection this picture is captioned "Village of Sanur in the modern-day West Bank." Obviously, it is another Bonfils photo of Rachel's Tomb.
Click on pictures to enlarge. Click on caption link to view the original.
|
Thursday, August 13, 2015
"The Droughts of Summer" ✡ Summer Fun in Jerusalem
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Israel's History - a Picture a Day "WWI: The Soldiers of Australia Meet the Jews of Jerusalem, 1918"
Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta) |
Posted: 07 Aug 2015
As the British-commanded ANZAC troops moved north after the battle of Be'er Sheva they were greeted as liberators by the Jews of Palestine. New Zealanders were hosted by the Jews of Rishon LeZion, and Australians entered Jerusalem with General Allenby at the end of December 1917.
The picture to the left was taken by Bugler J. F. Smith of the 7th Light Horse. "Enlisted 11 October, 1914. Home on ANZAC Furlough in October, 1918."
These pictures of Jews of Jaffa and holy sites were taken by "R. F. Ingham, 1st L."
|
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)