Two albums containing approx. 200 photographs, postcards, and views from the early years of the British Mandate. Palestine and surroundings, [ca. early 1920s].

Apparently assembled by an early traveler to Mandatory Palestine, who documented the landscapes, surroundings, and inhabitants with a personal camera: Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron; Rachel’s Tomb; the White Tower in Ramla; Bir Salim; a tourist atop a stone house in Tiberias; the Jordan and Yarmouk Rivers; Haifa; Acre; Mount of Temptation; carpet weaving in Ramallah; blind man being led through an alleyway (Jerusalem?); water carriers; figures in traditional dress; and more.

One album is entirely devoted to Jerusalem, and includes numerous photographs of the Dome of the Rock, views of the city from rooftops and hilltops, Jerusalem gates, sites and buildings on the Temple Mount (some with British soldiers visible), Absalom’s Tomb, Bethany, and many other locations.

Among the photographs and postcards are several commercially produced prints, presumably acquired during the journey – including large, high-quality prints by early local photographers – one signed "Bonfils" and seven with the embossed stamp of the American Colony.

Most photographs are titled in handwritten English. A few photographs depict sites in Jordan, Syria, and Egypt.