Historic photography is not just a nostalgic remnant or an illustrative accompaniment to the written word, but a most valueable historical source. Such a source contributes to new historical understanding that otherwise is missing from the literary sources. In the framework of this course we shall focus on the contribution of photography to the research of history through the particular case of the Galician Jewry, a branch of historical Polish Jewry that was ruled by the Habsburg Empire between the end of  the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. By analyzing Galician Jewry's photographs and comparing them with Jewish photographs from different communities in eastern and western Europe, we shall seek to characterize the unique version of this diaspora community