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العربية: صورة للكعبة المُشرَّفة في عام 1910 تقريبًا.
English: "Mecca, ca. 1910. [The Kaaba]" glass negative, dry plate; 5 x 7 in.
Date circa 1910
date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID matpc.04658.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

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Author G. Eric or Edith Matson, for American Colony Jerusalem
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Public domain This work is from the Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.
The only restrictions concern color lantern slides, which this photo is not.
Other versions Restored version of File:Kaaba 1910.jpg. Dust, scratches and stains removed. Histogram modified globally and locally for contrast. Cropped.

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