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The Abana River Passing the Gardens of Damascus--The City Known to Abraham
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| Creator: |
Bain, Robert E. M
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| Title: |
The Abana River Passing the Gardens of Damascus--The City Known to Abraham [Graphic]
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| Translated Title: |
Earthly Footsteps of The Man of Galilee Being Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Original Photographic Views and Descriptions of
the Places Connected with the Earthly Life of Our Lord and His Apostles Traced with Note Book and Camera showing where Christ
was born, brought up, baptized, tempted, transfigured and crucified, together with the scenes of his prayers, tears, miracles
and sermons, and also places made sacred by the labors of his apostles, from Jerusalem to Rome by Bishop John H. Vincent,
D.D., LL.D., Rev. James W. Lee, D.D., and R.E.M. Bain. London: W.A. Hammond, Holborn Hall, E.C.
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| Year: |
St. Louis, 1894.
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| Object Details: |
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 17.6 cm ( 10 x 7 in).
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| Notes: |
Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Genesis, iii: 23.)--'Therefore the Lord God sent
him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken.' In the blooming season, the trees which stand
in the Gardens of Damascus are very attractive, because of their great variety and the luxuriance of their foliage and flowers.
The Damson or Damascene plum gets its name from growing in the Gardens of Damascus. Here we have the orange, the apricot,
the white mulberry, and alternating with these fruit trees, rose bushes and other flowering shrubs stand thick upon the ground.
Because of this it is not difficult to persuade one's self that Damascus represents more in a living way the paradise in which
our first parents lived for a while, than any other city upon earth. The Garden of Eden was created and perpetuated by the
rivers of Mesopotamia, and Damascus is created and kept green by the Abana river."
Several men sit along the banks of the river; on the left is a stone wall with a wooden door; on the right are a stone wall
and trees
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| Scanning Notes: |
1
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| Classification ID: |
5538BAI/LVii264CAJS
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| Collection: |
CAJS Image Collection LVii BAI 5538 LVii264CAJS
The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries
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| Geographical Location: |
Syria
Damascus
Abana River
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