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Fountain of Elisha, whose waters were miraculously sweetened by the Prophet
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Fountain of Elisha, whose waters were miraculously sweetened by the Prophet
Title:
Fountain of Elisha, whose waters were miraculously sweetened by the Prophet [Graphic]
Year:
1899.
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Category:
Elisha's Fountain
Ain-es-Sultan
Object Details:
1 stereoscopic card : albumen ; 15.4 x 8.1 cm ( 6 x 3.25 in).
Notes:
Stereoscopic cards were originally housed in a box which looks like two books; the box is labeled "Palestine Through the Stereoscope" and each of the "books" is marked either "Volume I" or "Volume II" and "Underwood & Underwood"; the card is numbered at the top and bottom with its location (49) in the box and with the photographic number (3128) ; the publisher's name and locations (New York, London, Toronto-Canada, and Ottawa-Kansas) are listed on the left side of the card; "Works and Studios" for "Sun Sculpture" is listed on the right end of the card with their locations (Arlington and Westwood, New Jersey); the title and copyright date (1899) are printed at the bottom of the card
Several people stand on the rock walls surrounding the Fountain of Elisha. More people can be seen on the rocky hillside above the fountain
Collection:
CAJS Image Collection BB UND 595 BB49
The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries