Workers in mother-of-pearl, Bethlehem, Palestine, 1898-1914.
Source: Library of Congress

Workers in mother-of-pearl, Bethlehem, Palestine, 1898-1914.

Source: Library of Congress

Felix Bonfils, Entry of Pilgrims into Bethlehem at Christmas time, Palestine, 1867-1885.
Source: Library of Congress

Felix Bonfils, Entry of Pilgrims into Bethlehem at Christmas time, Palestine, 1867-1885.

Source: Library of Congress

Four Bethlehem Christian women, 1911.

Four Bethlehem Christian women, 1911.

 A man and a woman approaching Bethlehem with a donkey on Christmas Day. The photograph presents a scene reminiscent of Mary and Joseph, as they approached Bethlehem some 1900 years earlier. Bethlehem, Palestine, December 1898.

A man and a woman approaching Bethlehem with a donkey on Christmas Day. The photograph presents a scene reminiscent of Mary and Joseph, as they approached Bethlehem some 1900 years earlier. Bethlehem, Palestine, December 1898.

The main street leading from the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine, 1880.

The main street leading from the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine, 1880.

A woman in Bethlehem, Palestine, 1898-1914.
Source: Library of Congress

A woman in Bethlehem, Palestine, 1898-1914.

Source: Library of Congress

Felix Bonfils, Bethlehem, Palestine, ca. 1870s.

Felix Bonfils, Bethlehem, Palestine, ca. 1870s.

Félix Bonfils, Road to Bethlehem, 19th century.

Félix BonfilsRoad to Bethlehem, 19th century.

Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, 1936

Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, 1936