[The Christmas Cave of Bethlehem, Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland] – Historic Reproduction
![[The Christmas Cave of Bethlehem, Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland], 1946 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/82/823a43215847-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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This historic photograph of [The Christmas Cave of Bethlehem, Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland] brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[The Christmas Cave of Bethlehem, Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland]
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A nativity display built as a cave, rather than the usual stable, is the detail that sets this 1946 print apart. The scene was assembled at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, where a crèche of this kind would have been arranged for the holiday season for patients, staff and visitors. Postwar hospitals in American cities often mounted such Christmas displays in lobbies and wards, turning a sacred tableau into a shared, public comfort. The image is a useful record of how religious decoration and institutional life overlapped in Baltimore just after World War II.
| Created / published | 1946 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Subjects | Crèches (Nativity scenes)--Maryland--Baltimore--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 978 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169117 |
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