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Glass Slide - "Looking over Strait Street" (Damascus, Syria)

Description: A glass slide showing a photograph titled "Looking over Strait Street." The image appears to have been taken in Damascus, Syria. In the New Testament, Strait Street was the street where Ananias restored sight to the apostle Paul after he'd seen Jesus (Acts 9:10-12). The Roman street runs from East to West in the old city of Damascus. The slide is numbered No. 407.
Date: [1882..1929]

Glass Slide of a Comic Cartoon

Description: A glass slide showing a cartoon of two young boys in a homemade wooden tank trying to push over a small tree. The caption is "What's teh use of having a tank if you can't push over trees and things the way a regular one does?" The cartoon was drawn by Fontaine Fox and has the following copyright: "Copyrighted. Reproduced by permission of the Wheeler Syndicate." The slide frame reads, "Community Motion Picture Bureau, NY."
Date: [1882..1929]
Creator: Fox, Fontaine Talbot

Glass Slide of a General View of Nazareth (Israel)

Description: Glass slide image of the village of Nazareth (Israel) on the slope on a hill, taken from a slightly higher elevation, with visible buildings as well as green spaces and roads. In the foreground, a person riding a donkey or mule is stopped in the middle of a dirt road. A printed label at the top of the slide says, "American Colony, Jerusalem." and a handwritten label at the bottom says, "345. General View of Nazareth."
Date: [1882..1929]
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