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العربية: خنادق عُثمانيَّة على ضفاف البحر الميِّت.
English: Turkish trenches on the shores of the Dead Sea.
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Library of Congress, World War I and the British Mandate in Palestine. Album with 291 gelatin silver prints. Reprocudction number LC-DIG-ppmsca-13291-00059 (digital file from original, page 19, no. 59, digital file from original, page 19, no. 59)

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  • Whiting, John D. (John David), 1882-1951 , photographer
  • Larsson, Lewis , photographer
  • Matson, G. Eric (Gästgifvar Eric), 1888-1977 , photographer
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Public domain This work is from the Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.
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