Kidron Valley, on the eastern side of The Old City of Jerusalem, separating the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives. Photo, Circa 1900 courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

Jewish Tombs on the Kidron Valley, on the eastern side of The Old City of Jerusalem, separating the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives. Photo, Circa 1900 courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

Unidentified Palestinian village. Likely Suhmata, in Upper Galilee, northeast of Acre. Ethnically cleansed in the 1948 war. The Photo, circa 1900, courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

Three elderly Jewish men photographed holding books in Jerusalem, Palestine. Photo, circa 1914, courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

Four Palestinian Women near an unidentified village. Photo, circa 1914, courtesy of the USA Library of Congress.

Yafa (a.k.a. Joppa, Jaffa, Yafo) and the orange groves that used to surround it. Today the site of the ever-expanding Greater Tel Aviv. View from the Hotel du Parc Photo, circa 1914, courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

Yafa (a.k.a. Joppa, Jaffa, Yafo) Market, today the site of the famous Jaffa Flea Market under the Tel Aviv Municipality. Photo, circa 1914, courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

Old City of Yafa (a.k.a. Joppa, Jaffa, Yafo), today the site of the Jewish-only artist colony, under the Tel Aviv Municipality. Photo, circa 1914, courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, Harootiun Vehabedian, seated, facing front, wearing hooded vestment, adorned with crosses and other medals on his chest, holding a strand of beads. Photo, circa 1910, courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

Brig. Gen. Watson arriving in Jerusalem, near the Jaffa Gate of the Old City Dec. 9, 1917. Photo courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

British Empire uses Indian and Italian troops in its conquest of Palestine from the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire. Photo, circa 1917, courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

First Nebi Mousa celebration after the British occupation of Palestine. Holy Flag taken to the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Photo, circa 1918, courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

British General Allenby attending the American Colony celebration of the July 4th in 1918. Photo courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

Temporary light-railway running from Jerusalem to Ramallah, 1918. Photos taken near Tombs of the Judges, courtesy of the USA Library of Congress

Yom Kippur (Atonement Day) Jewish men gather at the Wailing Wall. Photo, circa 1920, courtesy of the Library of Congress

Winston Churchill, "Lawrence of Arabia," and Emir Abdullah walking in the gardens of the Government House, Jerusalem, during secret conference. Photo, circa 1921, courtesy of USA Library of Congress

The 1929 riots. August 23 to 31. Artuf burning. Jewish colony set on fire by Arabs, also threshing floors going up in smoke. Photo courtesy of the USA Library of Congress.

Palestine events. The 1929 riots, August 23 to 31. Synagogue desecrated by Arab rioters. Hebron. Furniture broken, floor littered with torn sacred books. Photo courtesy of USA Library of Congress

Desecrated graves in the Awkashi shrine, Jerusalem, demolished by Jews. The 1929 riots, August 23 to 31. Photo courtesy of the USA Library of Congress