Posted on 12/26/2021 6:46:31 AM PST by DFG
Looking pensive, Winston Churchill is seen talking to a priest in a field surrounded by white crosses.
The image, which was taken on March 26, 1921, shows the then Secretary of State for the Colonies at the British War Cemetery in Jerusalem.
He is engaged in conversation with Rennie MacInnes, the Bishop of Jerusalem, during a memorial service for British troops killed during the First World War, which had ended just two years earlier.
Now, the photo is one of hundreds taken in the Middle East during the 19th and early-20th century which have been colourised for the first time and made available to view online.
The images were taken after the founding of the American Colony, a Christian utopian society whose members had come to Jerusalem in 1881 in the belief that they needed to be there in time for what they thought was the imminent Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Two members of the group, Elijah Meyers and Lars Larsson, went on to found the American Colony Photo Department.
From around 1898, their photographers documented life in the Middle East until 1934. The images now make up what is known as the Matson collection, named after one of the group's leading photographers, Eric Matson.
Also seen in the stunning archive is an image of British troops standing in front of Jerusalem's Jaffa Gate in 1917 during the First World War, after Germany's ally the Ottoman Empire had retreated from the territory.
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Fascinating. Anna and Horatio Spafford, founders of the American Colony, were inspired to do so when they lost all but one of their children at sea during a shipwreck tragedy. He also wrote the beloved Protestant hymn “Peace Like a River” in the days following that tragedy.
Their story was featured on Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir. Checkout Gertrude Bell, who was in the MIDDLE East at this time.
Story says there’s an online archive but I see no link.
Thank you. This led me to another Library Of Congress site where accounts about slavery by ex-slaves were gathered during the Great Depression. Very unpolitically correct for them to remember things not as taught by our educators today.
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Roughly 4/7ths of the way down the webpage, the “British warship” is possibly HMS Barham.
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