pb_lc_bpe_c19340000-0012aa.tiff (24.08 MB)

Three camels with Bethlehem in the distance, c.1934-1939

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posted on 2019-05-31, 07:52 authored by Freja Howat-Maxted, Leila Sansour, Natalia Garcia, Jacob NorrisJacob Norris

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

This image depicts Bethlehem in the distance, as well as three camels and a man dressed in traditional attire. Camels were a fundamental mode of transport in Bethlehem.

This image exists as part of the Bethlehem People 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.4260608

Creator

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

Contributors

American Colony (Jerusalem), Library of Congress

Date

c.1934-1939

Type

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

Source

Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA, Prints & Photographs Division, reproduction number: LC-DIG-matpc-04147 (digital file from original photo)

Language

English

Spatial

31.7053996,35.1936877

Spatial Relation

Bethlehem

Identifier

pb_lc_bpe_c19340000-0012aa.tiff

Rights

Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.

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Keywords

Bethlehem views Bethlehem camels Bethlehem People and Places collection Middle Eastern and African History Middle Eastern and North African history

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CC BY 4.0

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