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Glass Slide of Zorah - Home of Samson

Description: A glass slide showing a photograph of a place identified as "Zorah - Home of Samson." In the Hebrew Bible (Judges 13), Zorah was a town in the lower hill country of Judah. It has been identified today with Sar'a, located about 14 miles west of Jerusalem near Nahal Sorek, now often referred to as Tel Tzora. The photograph is numbered No. 21.
Date: [1882..1929]
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Glass Slide of Arab Family on Donkey Cart

Description: A glass slide of a family in Arabic dress on a donkey cart in Beirut, Lebanon.., arabic dress. The photograph was taken by French photographer Felix Bonfils. When Bonfils and his family moved to Beirut in 1867, they opened a photographic studio called "Maison Bonfils."
Date: [1867..1885]
Creator: Félix Adrien Bonfils (1831–1885)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Glass Slide of "Swiss Hamlet Near Eternal Snows"

Description: A glass slide showing a 1901 photograph showing a woman and children in front of a Swiss hamlet with snow-covered mountains in the background. On the reverse of the slide is a label with a handwritten note that reads "Swiss hamlet near eternal snows. Switzerland." The location is probably Saas-fee, the main village in the Saas Valley, in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On the frame of the slide is printed "Neg. No. 1800, copyrighted 1901 by Underwood & Underwood, Ne… more
Date: 1901
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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