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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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