1871 Wood Engraving Procession Doseh Treading Sheykh Saadeeyeh Preacher XGQB7 XGHB4 "The surrender of General Lee

"The surrender of General Lee to General Grant-- Dixie" This is an original 1927 print of a scene from Webster Campbell's Dixie (1924) which was one of the Chronicles of America Pictures by the Production Company (for Yale University Press)

"Little laughing tots like these have died-- as much for king and country as their fathers and brothers on the field of battle-- because Germany makes ruthless air raids on their homes in England

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and 'You'd Be Surprised" (1926)

1871 Wood Engraving Procession Doseh Treading Sheykh Saadeeyeh Preacher XGQB7 XGHB4 "The surrender of General LeeThis is an original 1871 black and white in text wood engraving of a procession called the "Dseh" or "Treading" a remarkable spectacle preceding the "Night of the Moolid", in which the Sheykh of the Saadeeyeh, the preacher of the mosque of the Hasaneyn recites prayers and secret invocations. Before the house of the Sheykh El Bekree, there are a considerable number of the "darweeshes" (followers) who laid themselves down upon the ground, having their