Bethlehem family, c.1900-1920

Title: Bethlehem family, c.1900-1920
Description: This is a digital reproduction of an image held in the Library of Congress. The image depicts a family and animals in the ruins of an old Bethlehem home. The image seems to have been staged to resemble the biblical nativity scene. The mother, in this interpretation, could represent the Virgin Mary holding her child. This image is a cropped version of the original. This image exists as part of the Bethlehem People and Places collection within the Library of Congress project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.
Identifier: pb_lc_bpe_7252250
Subject: Bethlehem; Palestine; Palestinian Diaspora; Domestic Bethlehem; Bethlehem People and Places collection; Biblical gaze; Nativity scene; Bethlehem children; Virgin Mary
References: https://www.loc.gov/resource/matpc.07601/
License: CC BY 4.0
Creator: American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer
Contributor: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection
Type: 1 negative : glass, stereograph, dry plate ; 5 x 7 in.
Source: Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA, Prints & Photographs Division, reproduction number: LC-DIG-matpc-07601 (digital file from original photo)
Language: English
Spatial Coverage: 31.7053996/ 35.1936877
Rights Holder: Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.
Date (approximate): c.1900-1920