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Bethlehem Main Square with Market and Camels ca.1905
This picturesque scene shows how goods arrived in the city. Camels are no longer seen in the cities. Even in the Negev, in the Bedouin areas, camels are becoming less visible as other means of transport take over.
Photographers: American Colony Studio , Jerusalem
Photographs bearing this signature were made by a number of highly talented photographers who belonged to the Colony, which was founded in 1881 by the Protestant Spafford family from Chicago. The photographic department was founded about 1898, or slightly before, by Frederick Vester and Elijah Meyers to record the impending visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Over the years, the several photographers, who signed their work “The American Colony,” produced many thousands of images. In 1922 a branch of the American Colony Stores was opened in New York City, making their monumental collection available in America.
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