Holy Land Digital Image Collections

Bain, Robert E. M

The Pilgrims--Tenting in the city where Christ was brought up [Graphic]

Earthly Footsteps of The Man of Galilee Being Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Original Photographic Views and Descriptions of the Places Connected with the Earthly Life of Our Lord and His Apostles Traced with Note Book and Camera showing where Christ was born, brought up, baptized, tempted, transfigured and crucified, together with the scenes of his prayers, tears, miracles and sermons, and also places made sacred by the labors of his apostles, from Jerusalem to Rome by Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., LL.D., Rev. James W. Lee, D.D., and R.E.M. Bain. London: W.A. Hammond, Holborn Hall, E.C.

St. Louis, 1894.

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 17.6 cm ( 10 x 7 in).

Photograph is printed in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Genesis, iv:20.)--'He was the father of such as dwell in tents.' In the twentieth verse of the fourth chapter of Genesis, tents are mentioned for the first time in the Bible. Many people continue to live in tents in Palestine, and the tents used by the natives to-day do not vary much from such as were used in the early history of the country. They are woven of goat's hair and last a long time. The picture given above is of the traveling tent used by the parties who were sent to Bible lands to get the pictures of Bible places which illustrate this work. This modern tent, with apartments, carpets, iron bedsteads, and every convenience necessary to comfort, is as far from the tents of the Bedouins in Palestine, as Western civilization is from the primitive civilization of the crude sons of the desert. The modern tent we here see stands in Nazareth, near the Greek Church, and just above the Fountain of the Virgin." Copyright year and photographer's name are printed at the bottom of the photograph. "B" is printed on the matte at the bottom right; same as 5083BAI/LVi1CAJS (Voyager # 356312)

Two roundish white tents with the city of Nazareth in the background

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Pilgrims And Pilgrimages

Encampments

5275BAI/LVii1CAJS

CAJS Image Collection LVii BAI 5275 LVii1CAJS

The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Israel

Nazareth