Collection of Lantern Slides – Photographs of Palestine by the Photographers of the American Colony

Collection of Lantern Slides – Photographs of Palestine by the Photographers of the American Colony
Collection of glass lantern slides of photographs from Palestine taken by the photographic department of the American Colony. Jerusalem. [Late 19th century / first decades of the 20th century].
100 glass lantern slides of photographs from Palestine taken by photographers of the American Colony in Jerusalem. The photographs depict Christian, Jewish and Muslim sacred sites in Jerusalem and its vicinity, including the Western Wall, the Temple Mount, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Via Dolorosa, the Cenacle, Calvary and more; archeological sites; Jewish, Muslim and Christian residents of the city; streets in the old city and in the adjacent neighborhoods; the various old city gates; and many other sites such as the Jordan River, the Dead Sea, Elisha's Spring, Jericho, the Good Samaritan Inn, Bethany, Rachel's Tomb, the Church of the Nativity and the market of Bethlehem, the White Mosque in Ramla, the Jaffa Port, and more.
The slides are mostly black and white, with four colored slides. Paper strips protect the edges of each slide. Each numbered and captioned by hand; some signed in the plate: "American Colony Photographers. Fr. Vester & Co., Jerusalem, Palestine". Placed in a designated wooden box. Handwritten list of all 100 slides mounted on inside lid.
Enclosed with the slides is a booklet: Lecture. Jerusalem and its Vicinity to accompany a selected set of 100 lantern slides made by the photographic department of the American Colony, Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Fr. Vester, American Colony Stores, [the first decades of the 20th century]. The slides and photographs listed in the booklet do not fully correspond.
Slides: 8X8.5 cm. Good condition. Box: 20X38 cm. Height: 9.5 cm. Good condition. Cracks to lid. Booklet: [2], 51, [1] pp (including cover), 17.5 cm. Good condition. Blemishes and small tears. Long tear to back cover, not affecting text.