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JAFFA GATE, JERUSALEM, LATE 1880s
The Jaffa Gate was opened in 1898 to allow the carriage of Kaiser Wilhelm to pass into the Old City during his State visit. This photograph pre-dates his visit as the “diligences” (carriages) for public transport around Jerusalem are parked where the pedestrian entrance is today. Buildings and tourist services were built on the outside of the city walls and were taken down in 1967 after the Six-Day War. The Fast Hotel was one of the best known places to stay in Jerusalem for many decades and its last location was where the Hotel Dan Pearl is today.
PHOTOGRAPHER: FELIX BONFILS, 1831 - 1885
The signature “Bonfils” appears on thousands of photographs taken by three members of the Bonfils family; Felix (father), Lydie (mother), Adrien (son) and possibly one Abraham Guiragossian, an Armenian, who took over the Bonfils studio in Beirut about 1907 and ran it until 1932. Felix and Lydie went to Beirut in 1867 from France and worked together until son Adrien joined them in 1877. When Turkey declared war on France, Adrien was imprisioned and Lydie deported to Cairo. Guiragossian continue to manage the Beirut studio, maintaining the name “Bonfils,” selling prints from Bonfils negatives and possibly signing that name to his own work.
- Image size 6.5" x 5"
- Mount size 9.5" x 7.5 "
- Acid free mount
- Full description of the photograph
- Details and history of photographer
- Cellophane wrapped
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