Man floating with book and umbrella in the Dead Sea, Palestine, c.1900-1920

Title: Man floating with book and umbrella in the Dead Sea, Palestine, c.1900-1920
Description: This is a digital reproduction of an image held in the Library of Congress. This image depicts a Westerner floating in the Dead Sea, comically posing with a book in one hand and an umbrella in the other. The stereotype of relaxed travellers in the Middle East was a common orientalist trope in Western travel writing. This photograph is a cropped version of the original. The image is part of a collection that was gifted to the Library of Congress by the board of directors of the American Colony of Jerusalem.
Identifier: pb_lc_wbe_7256252
Subject: Bethlehem; Bethlehem; Palestine; Palestinian Palestinian Diaspora; Wider Bethlehem collection; The Dead Sea; Bethlehem leisure; Orientalism; American Colony in Jerusalem
References: https://www.loc.gov/item/mpc2004001821/PP/
License: CC BY 4.0
Creator: American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept.; photographer
Contributor: American Colony (Jerusalem); Library of Congress
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-01738 (digital file from original photo)
Spatial Coverage: 31.5368743/ 35.2100992
Rights Holder: Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.
Date (approximate): c.1900-1920