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Glass Slide of the Mountains of Moab.

A glass slide showing a photograph looking across the Jordan Plain to the Mountains of Moab. On the frame of the slide is printed "T. H. McAllister, 49 Nassau St, New York." On the reverse, the slide is numbered No. 6296.
Date: [1882..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Glass Slide of Mount Nebo, Where Moses Died

A glass slide showing a photograph of Mount Nebo, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (Deut. 34) as the place where Moses was granted a view of the Promised Land and then died. The photograph is numbered No. 18.
Date: [1882..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Glass Slide of the Brook Cherith (Israel)

A glass slide showing a man on horseback crossing the Brook Cherith. In the Hebrew Bible, the prophet Elijah hid himself on the banks of the Cherith and was fed by ravens during the early part of the three years' drought which he announced to King Ahab (1 Kings 17:3). The brook is usually identified with Wadi al-Yabis, a stream in western Jordan, which flows into the Jordan River. On the frame of the slide is printed "T.H. McAllister, Manufacturing Optician, 49 Nassau Street, New York. On the reverse, the slide is numbered No 7273.
Date: [1882..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History