First World War Black and White Photograph of Mount Olives and Garden of Gethsemane
1917 - 1919A small black and white photograph showing a landscape of hills with several large buildings situated on the hills. The area has many differing types of trees growing and other vegetation. There is a road cutting across the image and there are walls separating different areas of the land. At least one of the buildings appears to be a church. The reverse of the image has the proforma printing of part of a postcard and an inscription. The photograph has a small border which is stained and there are several white marks on the image.
Following the liberation of Jerusalem, soldiers on leave were able to visit the city and its sites. Many documented these visits through photographs.
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On the reverse in machine printing “CARD / ADDRESS ONLY” with “/ Mount of Olives & / Gardens of Gethsemane / Jerusalem” written in black ink.
An Excerpt from OUR BOYS IN PALESTINE - A LETTER FROM THE FRONT - Trooper A. E. Hill Published Sat 13th July Southern Argus and Wagin Arthur Express “We got to Jerusalem and rode through the modern portion of it and camped for the night just outside. Next morn we started again for Jericho. We did not go into the walled part of the old city, but” passed under its shadow. ……..; past the foot of the Mt. of Olives, on the top of which is the beautiful Kaiserin's Church. On the side of the Mount is the Garden of Gethsemane, now modern and fenced and in it the beautiful Russian Church with its five golden domes shining bright in the morning sunshine.”
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