Royal Prince Pu Lun, future emperor of China, with Mayor Holtzman's party attend Moy Kee's reception, May 20, 1904

Royal Prince Pu Lun, future emperor of China, with Mayor Holtzman's party attending Moy Kee's reception, May 20, 1904

Roshpinah, the Jewish colony, supported by Baron Rothschild in the mountain of Galilee, Palestine

Courtyard of old Kahn[i.e., han], showing loaded caravan, Shechem, Palestine

Crusaders' Chapel in the Citadel, Hunin, Palestine

A skillful Arab weaver and his primitive loom weaving the finest of Syrian silk

Cooling and drying silk cocoons after deadening process, Antioch, Syria

Loosening cocoon fiber and winding on frames, silk mill, Beyrout, Syria

Experts purchasing silk cacoons [i.e., cocoons], for export to France, Antioch, Syria

A basket full of wriggling silk worms hungry for the morning meal, Syria

Feeding silk-worms their breakfast of mulberry leaves, Mt. Lebanon, Syria

Boiling cocoons to loosen fibre ends in Syria's largest silk reeling plant, Mt. Lebanon

In a Syrian silk plant; examining and weighing raw silk ready for export

Yanûn, the probable Janohah of the Bible (Josh. xvi : 6, 7), Palestine

Gaza, lowland stronghold of the Philistines, from the southeast, Palestine

Hatching silk cocoons on mulberry branches (near view), Antioch, Syria

A Syrian home with its guest-chamber, the large upper room