Lebanon Collection (page 3)

Grand Hotel and Casino Sawfar (Sofar), Mount Lebanon (Liban)
Grand Hotel and Casino Ain-Sofar built circa 1890 by the Sursocks family in Sawfar (Sofar) - Mount Lebanon (Liban) Governate, Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Rue Georges-Picot in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon, named after French diplomat and lawyer Fran篩s Georges-Picot. Date: circa 1918

Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat
The traditional vertigious tantour hat of a married Druze (a monotheistic religious community) woman of Lebanon (sadly not an example of the popular trend to replicate the landscape of late 19th)

Grand Hotel Kassouf - Dhour El Choueir, Lebanon - a mountain town in Lebanon ( dhour meaning summit or top of a mountain) and one of Mount Lebanons favoured summer resorts

Baalbek, Lebanon - Circular Exedra of the Grand Court. An Exedra is a room, portico, or arcade with a bench or seats where people may converse (especially in ancient Roman and Greek buildings)

Bridges over Nahr al-Kalb (El Kelb), Lebanon
Railway and road bridges at Nahr al-Kalb (El Kelb) estuary, Lebanon. Nahr al-Kalb (meaning dog river ) runs from Mount Lebanon near Beirut to the Mediterranean Sea. Date: circa 1910

Abey (Abeih) mission house and church, Lebanon
Abey (Abeih) mission house and church in Mount Lebanon, south of Beirut. Date: 20th century

Cotton harvest in Tripoli (Tarabulus), Lebanon
Cotton harvest with a working girl standing in front of it, Tripoli (Tarabulus) in the north of Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Port of Tripoli (Tarabulus), Lebanon
Port of Tripoli (Tarabulus), city in the north of Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Entrance and chapel of Syrian Protestant College, Beirut
Entrance and chapel of the Syrian Protestant College opened in 1866 in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon. The college would be renamed American University of Beirut (AUB)

UNESCO palace in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon
Entrance to the main Conference Hall of the Palais de l UNESCO (UNESCO palace) in Beirut (Beyrouth) established to host the General Conference of the United Nations Educational

Swimming pool of Aley (Aleih) casino, Mount Lebanon
Swimming pool of the Aley (Aleih) casino built circa 1930 - Mount Lebanon Governate, Lebanon. Date: circa 1940

Zahle-Wadi (valley), Mount Lebanon (Liban)
Zahle-Wadi (valley) near Mount Lebanon (Liban), Lebanon. Date: circa 1916

Sawfar (Sofar), Lebanon
Sawfar (Sofar) with the Donna Maria Sursock Mansion built circa 1909 on the right - Mount Lebanon (Liban) Governate, Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Postman from Brummana with his donkey Abdullah
Postman from Brummana, Matn District, Mount Lebanon (Liban) with his donkey Abdullah. This animal is reputed to have been the strongest donkey in Lebanon and worked the route between Beirut

Araya, Lebanon - The Railway Station
Chouit Araya, Mount Lebanon, Baabda District - The Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

Druse bride, Mount Lebanon, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Tyre, Lebanon, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

View of Beirut, Lebanon, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Baalbek, Lebanon - A huge Monolith destined for Acropolis
Baalbek, Lebanon - A huge Monolith (21m long) destined for Acropolis, still within the quarry, showing how these large stones were carved as single pieces in situ. Date: circa 1910

Baalbek, Lebanon - Temple of Bacchus - Interior Decoration. Date: circa 1910s

Alexander Sarcophagus. 4th century BC. Battle of Issus (333
Alexander Sarcophagus. 4th century BC. Long side depicting Alexander fighting the Persians at the Battle of Issus (333 BC). Detail. Pentelic marble. From the Royal Necropolis of Sidon

Lycian Sarcophagus. 5th century BC. Paros marble
Lycian Sarcophagus. 5th century BC. Lion hunt. Detail. Paros marble. Royal Necropolis of Sidon. Chamber IV. Archaeological Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Phoenician Kingdom. Northern Lebanon. Sarcophagus. It was ma
Phoenician Kingdom. Northern Lebanon. First millenium BC. Sarcophagus, which is made of marble from the Greek island of Paros, come from such a tomb

Gargoyle from Sanctuary of Jupiter Heliopolitanus. Baalbek
Lionhead gargoyle. 2nd century AD. Limestone. From the entablure of the courtyard colonnades of the Sanctuary of Jupiter Heliopolitanus. Baalbek, Lebanon. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germnany

Baalbek / Stone
The Temple platform, showing the massive stones whose size (note the figure standing by them !) has led some to conjecture that otherworldly beings were responsible Date: 1880

Druze woman of Lebanon wearing a tantour headdress.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

HMS Eagle, British aircraft carrier, Beirut, Lebanon
HMS Eagle, British aircraft carrier, off Beirut, Lebanon, 18 June 1956. The two smaller ships are the cruiser HMS Birmingham (left) and HMS Surprise (right). Date: 1956

Beirut, Lebanon - The Quay and Harbour Date: circa 1910s

Baalbek, Lebanon - Marble columns - Octagonal Building
Lebanon - Polished marble columns suppport the heavy blockwork roof lintels in this octagonal structure in the environs of Baalbek

Syria and Lebanon - Tourist Map. Date: circa 1910s

The Temple of Venus at Baalbek, Lebanon
The Temple of Venus (Aphrodite) at Baalbek, Lebanon. A town in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon situated east of the Litani River, known as Heliopolis during the period of Roman rule

Beirut, Lebanon - The American Church Date: 1905

Lebanon - Druze eating a meal
Druze - 1000 year old religion - also called Druse, Duruz, Duroz and the Tawhid Faith. 750, 000 to 800, 000 adherants today in Syria, Lebanon and Israel

2nd Bn The Rifle Brigade, blood transfusion donors, 1941. Unframed pen and ink and grey wash by Eric Dawson, 1941 (c). Eric Dawson served in North Africa, Syria, Palestine and the Lebanon

Nahr al-Kalb (El Kelb) estuary, Lebanon
Estuary of Nahr al-Kalb (El Kelb) into the Mediterranean Sea, north of Beirut, Lebanon. Nahr al-Kalb (meaning dog river ) has its source in Mount Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Nahr al-Kalb (El Kelb), Lebanon
Nahr al-Kalb (El Kelb; meaning dog river ) runs from Mount Lebanon near Beirut and to the Mediterranean Sea - Lebanon. Date: 1930s

Gorge in Lebanon with a river running through. Date: circa 1900

West of Tripoli (Tarabulus), Lebanon
West of Tripoli (Tarabulus), city in the north of Lebanon. Date: circa 1920

Sidon (Sa嵐), Lebanon
Sidon (Sa嵐 ), Lebanon, from Saint Louis Castle, built by French crusaders in the 13th century. Date: circa 1910

Syrian Protestant College in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon
College Hall of the Syrian Protestant College opened in 1866 in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon. The college would be renamed American University of Beirut (AUB)

Market in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon
Arabic Market (Souk) in Beirut (Beyrouth), capital of Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon
Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Beirut (Beyrouth), capital of Lebanon. Date: circa 1930

Palace Hotel in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon
Beyrouth Palace Hotel in Beirut (Beyrouth), capital of Lebanon. Date: circa 1920

Hotel St. Georges in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon, was built in the late 1920s and hosted many famous guests until it was destroyed in the Lebanese civil war

Beit Mery, Mount Lebanon
Beit Mery - Mount Lebanon Governate, Lebanon. Overlooking the capital Beirut, the town was a summer mountain resort of the Phoenicians and later the Romans. Date: circa 1940

Brummana, Mount Lebanon (Liban). Date: circa 1910

Australian 6th Light Horse Regiment at Telatat-ed-Dum
WW1 - Australian Military prescence in the Middle East/Egypt - Cavalry soldiers of the 6th Light Horse Regiment at a Haremlek at Telatat-ed-Dum (Jordan? Lebanon? Syria? Egypt?). Date: 1915

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