Calling on Jerusalemites:
Can You Find These Buildings 110 Years Later?
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| "Jerusalem Famille Juive" by Charles Chusseau-Flaviens (Credit: George Eastman House, circa 1900) |
Reviewing the historic photos of Jerusalem in the George Eastman House Museum, we came across this wonderful 110 year old picture taken by a French photographer, Charles Chusseau-Flaviens.
It bears the caption "Jerusalem Famille Juive" -- a Jewish family in Jerusalem.
It bears the caption "Jerusalem Famille Juive" -- a Jewish family in Jerusalem.
From their dress, we presume it is a Sabbath or Jewish holiday, and some of the shops are shuttered in mid-day. Their walking in the middle of the street suggests that they're in a Jewish neighborhood and are not worried about carriages or horses. And they're walking down an incline.
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| Google "Street View" looking up Malchai Yisrael Street in Jerusalem |
The challenge: Can anyone locate these buildings in Jerusalem today?
Over the course of 100 years buildings have been torn down, second stories added, and streets widened.
Are they walking down Jaffa Road toward the Old City? We checked, and the store on the right is not the Ma'ayan Shtub shop.
Perhaps they're walking through the Romema neighborhood on Malchei Yisrael Street toward Meah Shearim and the Old City beyond. Thanks to Google's Street View program, we offer the possibility thatthe building is this shop with the distinctive rounded window and the two story building behind it with the unusual stonework on the edge of the walls.
Over the course of 100 years buildings have been torn down, second stories added, and streets widened.
Are they walking down Jaffa Road toward the Old City? We checked, and the store on the right is not the Ma'ayan Shtub shop.
Perhaps they're walking through the Romema neighborhood on Malchei Yisrael Street toward Meah Shearim and the Old City beyond. Thanks to Google's Street View program, we offer the possibility that
