pb_lc_bwo_c18900000-0009aa.tiff (29.68 MB)

Group of women and baby, Bethlehem, c.1890-1900

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posted on 2019-05-31, 07:59 authored by Freja Howat-Maxted, Leila Sansour, Jacob NorrisJacob Norris

This is a digital reproduction of an image held within the Library of Congress.

The image shows three women, one of whom is holding a baby, drinking coffee together. Two of the women wear the shatweh headdress, unique to married women in Bethlehem.

This image is part of the Bethlehem Women collection within the Planet Bethlehem Archive.

History

Project

https://figshare.com/projects/Library_of_Congress/26557

Collection

https://doi.org/10.25377/sussex.c.4271828

Date

c.1890-1900

Type

1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.

Source

Library of Congress, Views of the Holy Land in the Photochrom print collection.

Spatial

31.7053996,35.1936877

Spatial Relation

Bethlehem

Identifier

pb_lc_bwo_c18900000-0009aa.tiff

Rights

Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.

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Keywords

Bethlehem Women collection Bethlehem children Shatweh Bethlehem headdress Bethlehem embroidery Bethlehem coffee Middle Eastern and African History Middle Eastern and North African history

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CC BY 4.0

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