Souvenir olive wood album containing postcards and pressed flowers from Jerusalem

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Overview

Souvenir olive wood album containing postcards and pressed flowers from Jerusalem. It comprises two rectangular pieces of varnished timber joined at the spine with fabric, some of which has worn away with age.
On the front cover, there is a central decorative rectangular border in the style of a ribbon of cross stitch. Inside the borders appears the word Jerusalem in black gothic lettering. However, this is printed upside down.
The underside is plain.
The cover page has a decorative golden floral border inside which the title is written in red letters. The English section reads 'Flowers and Views of the Holy Land, Jerusalem'. The internal pages have a local scene on the left hand side and a dried floral arrangement on the right.

Historical information

This souvenir album is unnamed and its date of manufacture is unknown.

Visiting servicemen and women purchased a variety of souvenirs from Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Palestine and The Holy Land while passing through on active service during both world wars.
Some of the more common items were embroideries such as cushion covers, painted artworks on fabric, jewellery made from mother of pearl, metal and timber, and photo albums with wooden covers filled with postcards of local scenes and pressed dried flowers.
There was also a range of trinket boxes, often with hidden drawers, made from the local olive wood and a range of other olive wood items including napkin rings and even a portable book shelf.

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cwa-org-119-RoW00780

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