Some 50 glass lantern slides, mostly depicting hospitals in Palestine. Safed, Jerusalem and elsewhere, [late 19th century / early 20th century].
Most of the slides depict the Jewish hospital in Safed and the English Mission Hospital in Jerusalem – patients, doctors and nurses; the various rooms; the pharmacies; and more. Several slides depict views of Palestine – The Dome of the Rock, the Mar Saba Monastery, a school in Safed, an armed guard at an orange orchard, and more.
Few slides hand-colored.
Publishers include: E. G. Wood, Newton & co., J.W.B., T. Mason.
Approx. 8X8 cm. Condition varies. Cracks and breaks to some slides. Slides placed in a wooden box.