Photographs are housed in a burlap-covered box; the burlap has been decorated using crewelwork with symbols and borders on
four sides and the lid; the names "Bethlehem," "Bethanie," "Nazar[eth]," and "Jerusalem" each appear on one of the four sides;
a pamphlet entitled "Souvenirs Photographiques d'un Pélerinage du Pénitence en Terre-Sainte par M. l'abbé Fromet, curé
d'Angé (Loir-et-Cher)" and a list of the mounted photographs accompanies the XBD photographs; no title appears on the matte
or the photograph; handwritten "28" on the matte refers to the number in the pamphlet
People in the street near the Jaffa Gate; people line the street as a procession of pilgrims walks by; one man carries a banner;
an Ottoman flag flies from a flagpole
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