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Light streaming into the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine, c.1898-1946

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posted on 2020-01-30, 12:06 authored by Freja Howat-Maxted, Leila Sansour, Jacob NorrisJacob Norris

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

This photograph shows light streaming through stained glass windows into the interior of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. It appears as though the people sat down are attending a service. The darkness of the photograph reflects the peaceful tone of the church. This image is a cropped version of the original held at the Library of Congress.

This image exists as part of the Nativity Church collection within the Library of Congress project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.

History

Project

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

Collection

https://doi.org/10.25377/sussex.c.4279106

Creator

American Colony or Matson Photo Service (Jerusalem). Photo Dept. Photographer

Contributors

American Colony (Jerusalem), Library of Congress

Date

c.1898-1946

Type

1 negative : glass, stereograph, dry plate ; 5 x 7 in.

Source

Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA, Prints & Photographs Division, reproduction number: LC-DIG-matpc-06292 (digital file from original photo)

Spatial

31.7043034,35.2053455

Spatial Relation

The Church of the Nativity

Identifier

pb_lc_nch_c18980000-0031aa.tiff, pb_lc_nch_c18980000-0031ab.tiff

Rights

Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.

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Keywords

Nativity Church collection Nativity Church Bethlehem stained glass Bethlehem churches Bethlehem people Middle Eastern and African History Middle Eastern and North African history

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CC BY 4.0

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