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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, PRINTS PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION, LC-DIG-MATPC-00861

ANTIQUE JERUSALEM. Moses Shapira opened an antiquities shop on Christian Street in Jerusalem. Numerous wares passed through his store to museums and collections around the world. This photograph of Christian Street near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre comes from the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection and dates to c. 1900–1920.