Photos from the 20th

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In the 1920th a group of Dutch photographers visited the Holy Land and took photos of various aspects of life. The photos were taken on glass plates and hand painted afterward.
A special exhibition of these photos "Pictures from the Bible Land" will be opened in the Eretz Israel (The land of Israel) Museum, Tel Aviv in November 2011. Some very interesting photos includes weapon carried that time. Two for example are shown below: The first one titled: “A young Bedouin” Shows a man wearing a dagger of the Shibrya style. The second photo, titled “The coffee drinkers” shows a group of man, armed with daggers, the Shibrya style and a Syrian influenced one. One of the man is holding a Syrian Shamshir.
The photos are also gathered in a book: In the Footsteps of Abraham, The Holy Land in Hand-painted Photographs . Hardiman, Richard and Speelman, Helen.