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Glass Slide of Three Men on Horseback crossing Plain of Esdraelon (Valley of Jezreel)

Description: A glass slide showing a photograph of three men on horseback crossing the Plain of Esdraelon (Jezreel Valley), located south of the Lower Galilee region in Israel. On the frame of the slide is printed "T.H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, 49 Nassau Street, New York." On the reverse, the slide is numbered No. ?288.
Date: [1882..1929]
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Glass Slide of Mizpah (Israel)

Description: A glass slide showing a photograph of a city identified as Mizpah, in Israel. Mizpah means "watch-tower" or "the lookout" and is a site mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Its modern-day location is disputed, but this photo was probably taken in the city of Nebi Samwil, near Jerusalem. The slide is numbered No. 184.
Date: [1882..1929]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Glass Slide of the Tombs of Eleazar and Phinehas (Awarta, Israel)

Description: A glass slide showing a photograph of two Bedouin men near a site identified as "Awarta, Tombs of Eleazer and Phinehas." In the Hebrew Bible (Joshua 24:33), Joshua's son Eleazar was buried in Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ehpraim. Today the site is associated with the village of Awarta in the West Bank. The slide is numbered No. 305.
Date: [1882..1929]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Glass Slide of the Brook Cherith (Israel)

Description: A glass slide showing a man on horseback crossing the Brook Cherith. In the Hebrew Bible, the prophet Elijah hid himself on the banks of the Cherith and was fed by ravens during the early part of the three years' drought which he announced to King Ahab (1 Kings 17:3). The brook is usually identified with Wadi al-Yabis, a stream in western Jordan, which flows into the Jordan River. On the frame of the slide is printed "T.H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, 49 Nassau Street, New York. On the r… more
Date: [1882..1929]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Saddle-Stirrup.

Description: Patent for saddle stirrup, with illustrations. The invention "relates to those stirrups which are provided with foot-pieces adapted to oscillate thereupon... and at the same time provide means whereby the foot-pieces can have limited universal movement" (lines 10-15).
Date: November 21, 1882
Creator: Shellenberger, Samuel L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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