Monday, September 11, 2017

Lawrence of Arabia: Hero for some, enemy for the others......


T.E. Lawrence (right) at Akaba with Damascene Nesib el Bekri (center), who was part of the original band that set forth to capture the strategic port.
This Day in History: Oct 1, 1918: Lawrence of Arabia captures Damascus
T.E. Lawrence and Lowell Thomas.
A rare signed photograph of T.E. Lawrence. You can see his signature in the bottom left-hand corner. The photograph was taken in October 1917
T.E. Lawrence
T.E. Lawrence, Prince Feisal, and others pose after taking Aqaba in July 1917.
T.E. Lawrence with Auda abu Tayi, leader of the Howeitat tribe.
British Heroes vignette stamps featuring T.E. Lawrence.
Colonel Lawrence at the Arab Bureau in Cairo
Churchill challenged Lawrence of Arabia (third from left) to a camel race in Egypt in 1921. Lawrence, of course, won
T.E. Lawrence by B.E. Leeson 1917