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Photograph of Herbert Samuel Square in Tel-Aviv, Israel

This is a commercial photograph of Herbert Samuel Square, now known as Knesset Square, in Tel-Aviv, Israel. The Square was originally named after Herbert Samuel, the first High Commissioner in Tel Aviv who visited in 1922. On the back of the photograph E. Clifton Daniel wrote: "This is probably the newest city in the world, built up from the sand dunes in 2.0 years by Jewish settlers. I flew over it last week." The photograph shows a circular fountain which also serves as a traffic roundabout. Part of a group of photographs originally sent by E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. to his mother.

The Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem

This is a commercial photograph of the Western Wall on the Temple Mount in the Old City in Jerusalem. A note written by E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. on the back of the photograph reads: "This is where the orthodox Jews go to weep, wail and pray and lament. The[sic] sometimes beat their heads against the stones and leave prayers written on slips of paper in the cracks of the walls. I have seen them." Part of a group of photographs originally sent by E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. to his mother.