Large opening to tomb, Jerusalem
Gift In Memory of Joseph B. Johnson
Description:
Photograph. Souvenir. Large opening in stone wall leads to tombs. Official caption: "Jerusalem. Tombs of the Kings. The most interesting of such caves in the country. Here lie buried the family of Queen Helena of Adiabene [Mesopotamia], who came to Jerusalem in 43 A.D. with all her children. (Josephus, Antiev Jud. xx 4,3)." Jerusalem, Israel. No date
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1945
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Items from the service of Joseph B. Johnson, who was born in Slidell, Louisiana on July 29, 1910. He enlisted in the United States Army as a private in the Air Corps on October 10, 1942 and served in the Middle East as part of the U.S. Army Forces, Africa-Middle East Theater (AMET) with the 1264th AAF Base Unit, 63rd Air Depot Group. The collection contains a scrapbook, ephemera, and over 300 souvenir photographs from Johnson's service in the Middle East.
Geography:
Yerushalayim
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31.767
Longitude:
35.233
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Israel