Another Photographic Treasure Trove Discovered: 120-Year-Old Colored Slides from Chatham University, Part 1

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Another Photographic Treasure Trove Discovered: 120-Year-Old Colored Slides from Chatham University, Part 1 Posted: 19 Nov 2013 02:21 PM PST The Western Wall in Jerusalem (hand-colored, Chatham University Archives, circa 1890) The photo's caption reads "Jesus' Waiting Place." A case of bad handwriting? Other photographers of the time captioned their pictures, "Jews' Wailing Place." In the need for library and archival preservation, modern technology is certainly a friend of antiquity.  Vintage photographs, some stored for over a century in old libraries, are now being digitized and often posted Online.  Such is the case with this treasure of "Holy Land Lantern Slides" we found in Chatham University's archives. Chatham University, a 150-year-old women's undergraduate school in Pittsburgh, digitized their slides in 2009.  According to Rachel M. Grove Rohrbaugh, the school's archivist and public service librarian, "most of the slides roughly date to circa 1880-1900.  We don’t have specific information on the photographer(s) or how they were used here at Chatham, but they were likely used for instruction in world history or cultural studies." View of Hinom Valley in Jerusalem (Chatham University Archives, circa 1880). The photo, probably taken from near the Jaffa Gate, shows the Montefiore windmill, built in 1858, and the Mishkenot Sha'anaim homes beneath it. Are the blades of the windmill blurry because they were moving? That could provide a date for the photo: The mill stopped turning in 1876. Kerosene lanterns designed to  project slides  (YouTube) We thank Chatham University Library for permission to publish these well-preserved hand-painted lantern slides.   In the 1880s, before movies or electricity, pictures such as these were projected in front of classes or audiences using a kerosene-lit lamp fitted with special lenses. The slides were produced by optical manufacturers who sold the lanterns. The makers of the Chatham slides were identified by Chatham's archivist as T.H McAllister Co. and Williams, Brown, and Earle, of New York and Philadelphia respectively.  Joseph's Tomb in Nablus (Shechem) (Chatham University Archives, circa 1880) Inside the Jaffa Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. The moat on the right of the picture indicates the picture was taken prior to the 1898 arrival of the German emperor. when the moat was filled in. What does the large sign at the end of the road read? (Chatham University Archives) An enlargement of the picture shows a sign, "Mission to the Jews," inside the Jaffa Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. German, Anglican, and Scottish Protestant church missionaries were very active in the Holy Land in the late 19th century.  At the time, this intersection of the Old City was probably one of the busiest ones in Jerusalem. Click on the pictures to enlarge. Click on the captions to view the originals. Next: Part 2 of the Chatham Collection

Camels in the desert - near Jericho, Israel

On our Love For His People Ahava Adventures trip (Nov. 2-11, 2013) we saw these camels in the desert between the Jordan River, near Jericho, and the Qumran historical site, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1948.

Photos by Steve Martin.

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Qasr al Yahud Baptism Site in Israel - where Yeshua (Jesus) probably was baptized.

As part of the Love For His People Ahava Adventure trip in Nov. 2013, we went from Jerusalem to the Qasr al Yahud baptismal site, which is believed to be near the actual site where Yeshua (Jesus) would have been baptized by John the Baptist (Immerser).

The site is located near Jericho on the Jordan River, just north of the Dead Sea.

Steve Martin

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Photos by Steve Martin Nov. 9, 2013

The baptismal site on the Jordan River

The Jordan River 

(including the "West Bank")

Looking across the Jordan River 

to the church in the country of Jordan.

Assembly hall for tourists

Seating for those awaiting baptism and viewers.

 

 

Ready for baptism - Ben Martin

Below is taken from the Israel Inside Out website.

Qasr al Yahud Baptism Site

The Jordan River at Qasr al Yahud

Qasr al Yahud (The Jews' Castle or Palace) is a site on the banks of the Jordan River not far from Jericho.  Christian tradition associates Qasr al Yahud with the site of Jesus' baptism by Matthew (Matthew 3) and it has been revered as such from at least the fourth century. There are many monasteries and churches in the area testifying to the long religious tradition at Qasr al Yahud. In Jewish tradition the crossing of the Jordan by the Children of Israel under Joshua (Joshua 3) must also have taken place in this general area. It is also associated with the site where Elijah handed over the prophecy to Elisha and rose to heaven on a fiery chariot (2 Kings 11)

Baptism Deck

Due to its location Qasr al Yahud has not been an easy place to visit, and the Yardenit Baptismal Site has been the preferred choice of pilgrims. However, Qasr al Yahud has been recently refurbished with access to the river, showers, facilities for prayer, wheelchair access and improved car parking. The site now seems to be under the administration of the Israel Parks Authority and for the first time in many years is now open daily. The water quality is regularly inspected to ensure that it is safe to enter the Jordan. Please be aware the wet decking can be very slippy!

The general area is amazingly beautiful and is a good place to understand desert landscape and see the impact of water - the trail of the Jordan is very clear with an oasis like quality.

There are many churches in use, abandoned and being constructed in the area. The Jordan River is very narrow and it is possible to carry out a normal conversation with pilgrims in Jordan! Please be aware the Jordanian authorities take a very dim view of illegal border crossings. Although this is a place of outstanding natural beauty and  religious significance it is an international border in every respect.

Getting to Qasr al Yahud 

Qasr al Yahud is located off the main north south Road 90 near Jericho.

Joy of Israel with Jamie Geller Episode #3 - Holy Hebron and Sweet Hebron Hills!

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The Jews of Palestine 1850-1948

Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta)

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New Series and Site Launch -- The Jews of Palestine 1850-1948 Posted: 18 Nov 2013 01:53 PM PST E-zine #1 of the "Jews of Palestine" series   Editor's note: Israel Daily Picture now contains more than one thousand pictures and 350 photo essays on the Holy Land.  We will continue to add more vintage photographs as more and more historic pictures are digitalized in the libraries and archives around the world.   We present today an "E-zine" experiment, an electronic magazine "Jews of Palestine" in which we group the publication around specific topics.  Today's topic focuses on America's role in the life of the Jews of Palestine.  Future E-zines will focus on World War I in Palestine, the synagogues of Jerusalem, Yemenite immigrants of the 19th century, the Gates of Jerusalem, Jewish holidays and festivals, Jewish industry, the building of the Jewish state, and more.  The series will show the Jewish life inEretz Yisrael years before Theodore Herzl's Zionist manifesto and well before the founding of the State of Israel.  Here is our first edition.  Please let us know your opinion in the comment section below. America and Palestine's Jews Photographic History of American Involvement in the Holy Land 1850-1948 The secret identity of American preacher Mendenhall John Dennis (Mendel Diness of Jerusalem) In 1988, John Barnier visited a garage sale in St. Paul, Minnesota.  There he found and purchased eight boxes of old photographic glass plates.  Fortunately, Barnier is an expert in the history of photographic printing. He had little idea that he had uncovered a historic treasure. Later, he viewed the plates and saw that they included old pictures of Jerusalem.  He contacted the Harvard Semitic Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its large collection of old photographs from the Middle East. On some of the plates they found the initials MJD. Until then the name Mendel Diness was barely known by scholars.  It was assumed that with the exception of one or two photos his collection was lost.  Click to see more American volunteers helped the British liberate the Holy Land from the Turks   The history of the Jewish Legion that fought in Palestine in World War I is relatively unknown. Many of the soldiers were recruited from the ranks of the disbanded Zion Mule Corps, Palestinian Jews exiled by the Turks in April 1917 who were recruited in Egypt, or from Diaspora Jewry recruited in Canada and the United States. As many as 500 Jewish Legion soldiers came from North America; many of them were originally from Poland or Russia. One Legionnaire was Pvt. Click to see more Who knew Calvin Coolidge met the Chief Rabbi of Palestine in the White House? Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) was a renowned Talmud scholar, Kabbalist and philosopher.  He is considered today as the spiritual father of religious Zionism, breaking away from his ultra-Orthodox colleagues who were often opposed to the largely secular Zionist movement. Born in what is today Latvia, Rabbi Kook moved to Palestine in 1904 to take the post of the Chief Rabbi of  Click to read more  Click on pictures to enlarge Mark Twain in the Holy Land, 1867, and the Innocents Abroad Are these Photographs of Mark Twain's Companions from The Innocents Abroad?  "The Pilgrims and the Sinners" in the Holy Land Mark Twain was a relatively unknown writer in 1867 when he visited Palestine in the company of 64 "pilgrims and sinners" and wrote these words: Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes. Over it broods the spell of a curse that has withered its fields and fettered its energies....Click to read more    Celebrating July 4th in the Holy Land 1918 The founders of the American Colony in Jerusalem in  1881 were proud of their American roots. The group of utopian, millennialist Christians were later joined by Swedish-American and Swedish believers.  The American Colony set up clinics, orphanages, cottage industries and soup kitchens for the poor of Jerusalem, earning favor with the Turkish rulers of Palestine. Click to read more       Why was an American flag flying on a Jerusalem steamroller 100 years ago? The Library of Congress archives includes  two photographs of a steam roller on the streets of Jerusalem. No explanation was given for the American flag; nor was a definitive date provided. Click to read more   U.S. Aid to the Jews of "Palestine" Was Essential 100 Years Ago   Click picture to enlarge During the first years of the 20th Century the Jewish population of Eretz Yisrael -- Palestine -- suffered terribly. A massive plague of locusts, famine and disease hit the community hard.  Ottoman officials harassed, tortured, imprisoned and expelled Jews, especially "Zionist" activists. An account of life in Palestine during the first world war was presented to the World Zionist Congress in 1921 by the London Zionist  Click to read more  Congressional Visits to Israel Are Not New. Pictures of a Senate Delegation in 1936, a Critical Year April 1936 was the start of a vicious anti-Semitic and violent "Arab Revolt" in Palestine that would last through 1939. The murderous attacks against Jews, Jewish communities and Jewish property were widespread throughout Palestine.  British government offices, banks and railroads were also attacked. Coming so soon after the 1929 massacres of Jews in Palestine and under the looming shadow of the Nazi threat, the attacks against Palestine's Jews alarmed friends of the Zionist Click to read more What Lincoln Would Have Seen in Jerusalem Abraham Lincoln "said he wanted to visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footprints of the Saviour. He was saying there was no city he so much desired to see as Jerusalem," Mary Todd Lincoln told the Springfield, Ill. pastor who presided at Abraham Lincoln's funeral.  She explained that the 16th president told her of his desire before he was fatally shot in Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865. Truth or Mary Todd Lincoln's imagination?  We can only Click to read more Click to see Jews of Palestine

Five Wagons Part 2 - Robin McMillan and Rick Joyner

Robin McMillan & Rick Joyner

Five Wagons Part 2 - Robin McMillan and Rick Joyner

Five Wagons Part 2

Rick Joyner

Robin McMillan

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Robin McMillan continues sharing revelation for our time that he received about Five Wagons. In this program, he talks about wagon number three—Hope. The Lord wants you to have hope where you have been hopeless. 

Thank you Lord!

With Thanksgiving Day coming, 

why not start today; 

and tomorrow; 

and each day thereafter 

to thank the Lord Jesus (Yeshua!)

More wagons coming...

Steve & Laurie Martin

Dear readers of our Love For His People Blog:

This word was shared with us this past Saturday by a good friend in the Dallas, Texas area. Encouragement comes for all of us, and so I share it with you too. May it speak to your heart, if you have been waiting, wondering, and wanting to see Him move even more on your behalf too! 

True and good leadership is coming to His people. He is the Good Shepherd, and puts in place those with His pure shepherding heart. 

And if there are  "wrongs" that happened along your path, He will take care of those too, for they need to be righted in certain areas of your life.

Steve Martin

Founder/President

P.S. My third book, "Leadership Through Love" will be out in February 2014. I am so grateful for the many who have already endorsed it, knowing that it can bring healing and light into the leadership vacuum that exists in many areas in business and church leadership realms.

Nov. 16, 2013

I saw you and Laurie driving a covered wagon.  The kind we would see on the very old westerns like "Wagon-Train".   This wagon was pulled by 12 horses, teamed up two by two. There were "treasures" inside the covered wagon area, and resources that were very esteemed by the Lord and very valuable also to people. 

It seems there are some things He has kept 'under cover' / hidden...until the right time, which may be now / soon since He is speaking about it now.   I did see a "wagon-train" behind you.  Your leading the others. 

Holy Spirit highlighted the word "train"....."training".....you guys mentoring/teaching /training others in areas of personal obedience, stewardship, nuggets of wisdom, etc.

He is highlighting this also: "self-restraint"...that you two teach the truths of how a believer lays aside His "self" desires for the desire of our Father...and that you have a special gift and anointing somehow to teach important truths about self-restraint.   I am understanding this to be in short supply, even in  church leadership. 

Okay.....and FYI…

I prayed for His justice / restitution on your behalf....for His blessing to manifest upon you two, your family, the books you've just published, etc.   I believe He is very happy to make the enemy pay-back what was stolen...and I am standing in agreement for it to manifest in all areas, not only spiritually, but pragmatically. 

I am seeing Jacob, and Laban dealing with him in a dishonest and ungodly manner....but God did a supernatural thing and caused Jacob / Israel....to increase and increase and finally set him completely free. 

  

I remember I shared that with you years ago...He brought that back to my remembrance just now.  Not only 7 fold must the thief repay, but also 100 fold....according to Mark 10:29....which I believe you all qualify for.   

Yes, yes and Y-E-S!!!   yes and amen!!   And we will celebrate much as your flocks and herds increase and as He opens doors for you two that no man can close!!

(The following was added on 11.19.13 in a subsequent e-mail)

Another part of this the word for you and Laurie that I overlooked mentioning the other day.....obviously that is a classic picture of "pioneers & pioneering".....As you two looked just like they must have looked 150 - 200 years ago traveling across America.   Discovering new lands and horizons and being forerunners of 'the new'.    Yes and amen. That is you and Laurie. 


After listening to the word that Robin McMillan shared on the MorningStar Prophetic Perspective episode on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, I am further encouraged by these words above! (You can see that video link also on this blog, entitled "The Five Wagons - Robin McMillan." Please use the Search box in the top right hand corner of this blog if needed to find it.)

Steve Martin

Five Wagons Part 1 - Robin McMillan

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The Five Wagons - Robin McMillan

5 Wagons Part 1

Rick Joyner

Robin McMillan

MorningStar Prophetic Perspective

Monday, November 18, 2013

Robin McMillan was commissioned to bring the word of Five Wagons of Revelation. In this program, he is sharing revelation number one: Deliverance from Deserved Circumstances; and revelation number two: Deliverance from Criticism and the Critical Spirit.

Robin McMillan with Rick Joyner