Bird's-eye view of Bethlehem, with vineyards and olive groves

Description
1 stereoscopic card
b&w
Creator
Realistic Travels Publishers
Collection
Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)
Extent
15.4 x 7.8 cm ( 6 x 3.125 in).
Notes
A man on a horse looks out over the valley to the city of Bethlehem in the distance.
The collection of stereoscopic cards is housed in a box which looks like two books. The box is labeled "Journeys in all Lands : Palestine" and credited to Realistic Travels. The spine also has an image of the Dome of the Rock. The publisher's name and locations (London, Capetown, Bombay, Melbourne, and Toronto) are printed at the left side of the card and, on the right side "By Royal Command to their Imperial Majesties King George V and Queen Mary" is printed. The card has a title at the bottom and a number (1) in the center at the top. "Crown copyright" is printed at the bottom of the card.
Condition: Good
Provenance
Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection ; Polack (T.A.) ; 1987 December
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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