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Ancient 'Fountain of the Virgin'--where Mary came for water--Nazareth, Palestine
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Ancient 'Fountain of the Virgin'--where Mary came for water--Nazareth, Palestine
Title:
Ancient 'Fountain of the Virgin'--where Mary came for water--Nazareth, Palestine [Graphic]
Year:
1900.
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Category:
Fountain Of The Virgin
Object Details:
1 stereoscopic card : albumen ; 15.4 x 8.1 cm ( 6 x 3.25 in).
Notes:
Stereoscopic cards were originally housed in a box which looks like two books; the box is labeled "The Life of Christ Through the Stereoscope" and each of the "books" is marked either "Volume I" or "Volume II" and "Underwood & Underwood" ; the card is numbered at the bottom with its location (5) in the box ; the publisher's name and locations (New York, London, Toronto-Canada, and Ottawa-Kansas) are listed on the left side of the card; "Works and Studios" for "Sun Sculpture" is printed on the right end of the card with their locations (Arlington and Westwood, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.); and the title and copyright date (1900) are printed at the bottom of the card; a book entitled, "The Travel Lessons on the Life of Jesus" by William Byron Forbush (Second Edition, Revised; published by Underwood & Underwood, 1905) accompanies the stereoscopic cards; see 618UND/BB72 (Voyager # 324943)
People are getting water at the Fountain of the Virgin, and, beyond it, there is a large herd of cattle
Collection:
CAJS Image Collection BA UND 515 BA5
The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries