Washing feet -- Jerusalem – Antique Wall Art
(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 rare historic photograph captures Washing feet -- Jerusalem in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Washing feet -- Jerusalem
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The caption names a scene of foot washing in Jerusalem, a practical, everyday act that also carried religious meaning in the city, where washing before prayer and entering sacred spaces was a long-standing custom. The record gives no date or photographer, but the glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, whose New York news service produced images of the early twentieth century, roughly 1900 to the 1920s. The title comes from information the agency wrote on its negatives or caption cards, and the record flags it as unverified, so the exact site and occasion are open to question. The picture is worth a close look for its record of daily life in the city during that period.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 2,827 × 3,439 px · prints to 9 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-27159 |
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