Vintage Jerusalem & the Holy Land Photo Album 1920s Travel Jewish History Vester For Sale

Rare, vintage copy of Jerusalem and the Holy Land, a pictorial photograph booklet published by Vester & Company for The American Colony Stores in Jerusalem. This classic, 25 photograph string-bound album features beautiful, black-and-white plates of iconic holy sites, including The Citadel of Zion, The River Jordan, and Tiberius and the Sea of Galilee.
Some History: 1904 Bertha Spafford married Frederick Vester, whose father's curio shop in Jerusalem had recently been bought by the American Colony. Renamed “Fr. Vester & Co., The American Colony Store,” the business greatly expanded its clientele and range of offerings to include photographs and collections of antiquities as shown in this inventory of ancient glass and pottery sold to the University of Pennsylvania Museum.