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Syrian archbishop Chourkaila Kury aboard ship

Date: 1920

A bearded archbishop in a long cassock with a pectoral cross stands on a ship's deck holding a broad-brimmed hat. The press caption names him as Chourkaila Kury, Syrian archbishop, from a Central News photograph taken in New York in May 1920.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gallica (Agence Rol press photographs)

Agence Rol (from a Central News, New York photograph) · domaine public / public domain

Reference: Rol 59254; BnF Estampes EI-13 (709)

Syrian archbishop Chourkaila Kury aboard ship

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