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Lot 415C:
4 Unused 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair Jerusalem Postcards
Set of four unused postcards from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition St Louis Worlds Fair all from the Jerusalem exhibit series
These cards feature vivid scenes of daily life and cultural settings recreated for the fairs popular Jerusalem concession
Each card is clean unused and well preserved for its age
Views included
Arab Peasants Jerusalem
Jaffa Gate Jerusalem
Wailing Wall Jerusalem
Arab Stone Cutters Jerusalem
These ethnographic subjects are consistently more desirable than standard architecture cards and the Jerusalem concession remains one of the most collected areas of the 1904 fair
The cards have matching period backs with the correct one cent domestic and two cent foreign postage box typical of early 20th century United States postcard production
Condition
All four cards are unused with clean fronts sharp images and only light age appropriate toning
This is a strong cohesive group for collectors of the 1904 Worlds Fair early Middle Eastern imagery or turn of the century ethnographic postcard series
Condition: Authentic
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