Natives of Bethlehem on their way to Jerusalem – Historic Print
(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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A window into the past: Natives of Bethlehem on their way to Jerusalem, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Natives of Bethlehem on their way to Jerusalem
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This stereograph shows people from Bethlehem traveling by camel on the road to Jerusalem, a route only about ten kilometers long that pilgrims and townspeople had used for centuries. The card dates to 1919, shortly after British forces had taken Palestine from the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. American publishers issued many such views of the region for home viewers, who used a stereoscope to fuse the two nearly identical images into one three-dimensional scene. The camels and loaded travelers are worth a closer look, since they capture everyday movement on a well-worn road rather than a famous monument.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph gelatin silver. |
| Notes | J238591 U.S. Copyright Office. Title on recto of item. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 7328. · Hertz Henrik 1798-1870 author. |
| Subjects | Camels--West Bank--1910-1920. Travel--West Bank--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 2,937 × 1,481 px · prints to 10 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-270317 |
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