Street scene: British soldiers and Bethlehemite onlookers, Bethlehem, 1938

Item

Title
Street scene: British soldiers and Bethlehemite onlookers, Bethlehem, 1938
Description
This is a digital reproduction of an image held in the Library of Congress. This image depicts a street scene in Bethlehem not long after the post office and police barracks were set on fire by Arab rebels during the 1936-39 Arab Revolt. The image shows British soldiers stood holding guns on the back of an army truck with Bethlehemite men on either side of the street looking at them. This image exists as part of the Revolt Against the British collection within the Library of Congress project in the Planet Bethlehem Archive.
Identifier
pb_lc_rev_7252970
Subject
Bethlehem
Palestine
Palestinian Diaspora
Revolt against the British collection
British Mandate in Bethlehem
1936-39 Arab Revolt in Bethlehem
Bethlehem streets
Bethlehem headdress
Bethlehem politics
References
https://www.loc.gov/item/mpc2010004697/PP/
License
CC BY 4.0
Contributor
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept.
photographer
Date
1938
Type
Digital scan of 1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in.
Source
Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA, Prints & Photographs Division, reproduction number: LC-DIG-matpc-19208 (digital file from original photo)
Language
English
Spatial Coverage
31.7053996/ 35.1936877
Rights Holder
Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.