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Jordan, J. Murray, Dr.
American (1860-1909)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Egypt and Holy Land

ca. 1900
231 platinum prints
21.5 x 25.0 cm.
Gift of 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
81:0249:0000

NON-GEH NUMBER: 440310 (SIPLEY)

NOTES: Catalogued 11/2000, JS. 231 platinum prints by J. Murray Jordan, "Egypt and Holy Land," with handwritten captions. Contains well-composed views of many of the biblical sites in the Holy Land, a panorama of Damascus (# 72), views in Cairo and Luxor, Pompeii, Athens, and Thebes. There are a few Italian views made in Naples and Salerno. A portrait of Dr. Jordan (the photographer) on a mule is included in the album (# 34).

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