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Israel: Then and Now Photos of Jerusalem

February 13, 2016032

The idea to create then and now photos emerged when I heard that New York Public Library has added many old photo scans to the public domain.

Probably most photos there are from the US, but I decided to check if there are any from Israel as well. And since people from Europe and the US visited this region and took photos, I was able to find them in the New York Library’s Public Domain.

I will show an old photo (most of them were made 100-150 years ago), my recent photo and a combination of both.

Old photo of Jerusalem: This still image of the Dome of the Rock was made in 1864 by Ermete Pierotti.

Israel: Then and Now Photos of Jerusalem - MPC Journal

My photograph of the Dome of the Rock

Israel: Then and Now Photos of Jerusalem - MPC Journal

After merging the two, we get the combined then and now

Israel: Then and Now Photos of Jerusalem - MPC Journal

Jerusalem

Israel: Then and Now Photos of Jerusalem - MPC Journal

This is my photograph

Israel: Then and Now Photos of Jerusalem - MPC Journal

Then and now

Israel: Then and Now Photos of Jerusalem - MPC Journal

Another old photo of Jerusalem

Israel: Then and Now Photos of Jerusalem - MPC Journal

Jerusalem photo that I made several years ago

Israel: Then and Now Photos of Jerusalem - MPC Journal

The combined photo

Israel: Then and Now Photos of Jerusalem - MPC Journal

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