The Restoration in Images
The Restoration in Images
|
|
This site contains on the order of 1500 photographs of historical sites of biblical interest in Israel, as well as sites in America which are of historical importance to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. America.
After the crucifixion of the Savior and the death of the apostles, the Gospel of Jesus Christ in it's entirety was lost from the earth. Gospel principles were debated and changed by men, and the Priesthood power held by ancient prophets and bestowed upon Peter, James and John by the Savior himself was lost. in 1830, the United States of America was the site of the restoration of the Gospel, the Lord's Priesthood power, and the establishment of His church as it existed in the meridian of time. Reverence to and Interest in these sites in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri and elsewhere across the heartland of America as places where God has again communed with man are unique to members of his restored church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Israel:
Three of the worlds great religions have deep roots in Israel: Judaism, Christianity and Muslimism. Photographs were captured of many important sites to these major religions. The Old Testament is held by tenants of the Savior's restored church as scripture, and an understanding of the culture and environment of the Old Testament Prophets lends deeper understanding to their teachings. As Christians, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints revere Jesus Christ as the Messiah and the New Testament as scripture. The historical and geographical context of His mission are of great interest and study.
The black and white infrared images were taken on Kodak HIE infrared film. About half of the images were developed as negatives in Kodak TMAX developer, the other half were processed are positive images or slides using Kodak T-MAX direct positive film development chemistry. These silver images suffered greatly during the digitization process, and we are looking to improve our skills, techniques and equipment. We hope that these images bring to you the same spirit of reverence and dedication that we felt as we acquired them. We are interested in any corrections to this web site. The images and text here are copyright protected. They may be freely used for personal purposes. Any other use must have the written consent of the authors. They may be contacted through e-mail at lds-images at abac dot com replace 'at' with the @ symbol, and the 'dot' in the address with the period key. We apologize for not reproducing the mail address directly, but this reduces SPAM from automatic 'address hunting' software.
6 Oct 2001 Significant updates and additions to the Vermont section of the restoration site. 27 Oct 2001 Major updates to all sections in the restoration. Almost 300 photographs added. 24 Dec 2001 Major additions to the historical sites in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa 20 Feb 2002 Addition of the Israel web pages 11 Apr 2002 Corrections to the Israel portion of the site as provided by Marcelo Yuffe of Haifa, Israel. 29 Aug 2002 Infrared images from the Nauvoo Temple open house 23 Sept 2002 Completed Nauvoo Temple, Major additions to Independence, Mo minor updates to Adam Ondi Ahman, Mt. Pisgah, Winter Quarters, Garden Grove 1 Nov 2002 Major updates to the Israel section, with over 100 photographs added 26 Dec 2002 Major update to the Israel section, over 100 photographs added 30 Mar 2003 Identification of some of the buildings in the Jerusalem model as given by Elias Fairfield. 24 Aug 2003 Update of the Jerusalem model, addition of pictures to the Vermont page. 8 Jan 2004 Images from Salt Lake City including Brigham Young's grave site 13 Aug 2004 Minor update: corrections from e-mail feedback
|
