Obj. ID: 45938
Comparative Material & Miscellaneous  Postcard showing the Samaritan High Priest and Scroll, early 20th century

{"4457":"Frederick Vester (1869-1942), the son of German-Swiss missionaries (Swiss, Lutheran), was born in Jerusalem in 1869. He married Bertha Spafford, the daughter of the founders of the American Colony, and became a leading photographer in the American Colony. For example, Vester accompanied the visit of the German Kaiser William II in 1898. Vester and Co.\u2014The American Colony Store (active between 1904 and 1948), managed by Frederick Vester and John D. Whiting, offered commercial goods, including antiques, rugs, Palestinian embroidery, costumes, and jewelry, and souvenir postcards and photographs to a tourist trade near Jaffa Gate in the Old City, Jerusalem."}