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Star Street (1), Bethlehem, c.1900-1920

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posted on 2019-05-31, 07:58 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 features a woman walking along Star Street in Bethlehem - the road that for centuries formed the main approach route into Bethlehem. The woman is wearing the cone-shaped shatweh headdress unique to married Bethlehem women. Rows of coins and other valuable items were sown into shatwehs to display the family's wealth.

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

Contributors

G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Date

c.1900-1920

Type

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

Source

Library of Congress, Matson Collection

Spatial

Bethlehem: 31.7053996,35.1936877

Spatial Relation

Bethlehem

Identifier

pb_lc_bwo_c19400000-0014aa.tiff

Rights

Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.

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Keywords

Bethlehem Women collection Star Street Shatweh Bethlehem headdress Middle Eastern and African History Middle Eastern and North African history

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CC BY 4.0

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