Narrow street in the old city, Jerusalem
Gift In Memory of Joseph B. Johnson
Description:
Photograph. Souvenir. Robed man walks down a narrow street in the old city. Official caption: "Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa (Way of the Cross) (St. John xix, 17). Through which Jesus Christ carried the Cross to Cavalry. Has fourteen stations of the Cross nine on the way, four on Cavalry and the fourteenth in the Holy Sepulchre." 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
Latitude:
31.767
Longitude:
35.233
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Historic sites--Israel