Market Place Bethlehem Holy Land (i.e. West Bank) – Vintage Print
![Market Place Bethlehem Holy Land (i.e. West Bank), [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1a/1ae858fcd71e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Market Place Bethlehem Holy Land (i.e. West Bank), a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Market Place Bethlehem Holy Land (i.e. West Bank)
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A market square in Bethlehem, a town in the hills south of Jerusalem that now lies in the West Bank, is the subject here. It was made as a photochrom, a process that printed a black-and-white photograph from several lithographic stones, each inked in a different color, to build up the tints. The Detroit Publishing Company issued the view as number 15143 in its 1905 catalog of Holy Land scenes, which sold these images to American buyers. The date range places it in the 1890s, when photochrom was at its most popular, and the color gives a sense of everyday commerce in a town better known for its religious sites.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. catalogue J,1905. Print no. 15143. Views of the Holy Land |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,730 × 2,807 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 2581_Market_Place_Bethlehem_1890.tif-02662u |
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