Helen Keller, Polly Thomson and S. T. Dajani walking inside the Damascus Gate

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2009.24.16.905

Description: BW print; Helen Keller, in dark print dress and flat two-tone cap, hand in hand with Polly Thomson, in dark dress and two tone veiled hat, walking on a Jerusalem street, man just behind Thomson is S.T. Dajani and an unidentified woman; the street is crowded, with pedestrians moving in both directions; at right a man in a belted robe and headdress, carrying a basket and with a young boy, looks back curiously at the Keller group; there are men sitting, awnings and large doorways in the buildings in the background; captioned "Street in Jerusalem".

Medium: Photographic Paper

Date: May-52

History/Provenance: The Damascus Gate is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem, located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to Nablus.

Credit Line: AFB Migel Memorial Library Collection, 2009.24