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The exterior of the Nativity Church, c.1940-1946
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posted on 2019-05-31, 07:47 authored by Freja Howat-Maxted, Leila Sansour, Natalia Garcia, Jacob NorrisJacob NorrisThis is a digital reproduction of an image held in the Library of Congress.
The
image depicts the Nativity Church, looking across Manger Square from
the west, showing various people going to and from the church, as well
as motor cars parked in the square. The photo shows Manger Square in its previous form before it
was widened in the period 1955-66 (under Jordanian rule) by the demolition of the
buildings on the southern side of the square (to the right in this picture).
This image exists as part of the Bethlehem
People and Places collection within the Library of Congress project of
the Planet Bethlehem Archive.
