Mount Carmel and the Bay of Haifa
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Let us now turn westward, cross the great plain of Esdraelon, the view Mount Carmel, the promontory that rises above the Mediterranean Sea. The mountain itself is not a single peak, but a range running southeasterly from the sea to the Jordan River. Through the plain at its foot flows "That ancient river, the river Kishon" where, in the period of the Judges, the hosts of Sisera upon the mountain at its northwestern point, where it fronts the sea. The plain just over the shoulder of the mountain is Esdraelon, and the white village by the Mediterranean is Haifa, at present an important port of Palestine, since from it a road with frequent caravans runs from Nazareth to Tiberias and beyond to Damascus."
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 013 010
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Mount Carmel and the Bay of Haifa
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Let us now turn westward, cross the great plain of Esdraelon, the view Mount Carmel, the promontory that rises above the Mediterranean Sea. The mountain itself is not a single peak, but a range running southeasterly from the sea to the Jordan River. Through the plain at its foot flows "That ancient river, the river Kishon" where, in the period of the Judges, the hosts of Sisera upon the mountain at its northwestern point, where it fronts the sea. The plain just over the shoulder of the mountain is Esdraelon, and the white village by the Mediterranean is Haifa, at present an important port of Palestine, since from it a road with frequent caravans runs from Nazareth to Tiberias and beyond to Damascus."
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 013 010
You can find this image by searching for the item number by clicking here.
Want more? You can find more digital resources online.
We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons; however, certain restrictions on high quality reproductions of the original physical version may apply. To read more about what “no known restrictions” means, please visit the Special Collections & Archives website, or contact staff at the OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center for details.