History Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, by American Colony Jerusalem Photo Department, ca. 1925
Undated photograph of interior of an unnamed place of worship in Bethlehem, Palestine, by the American Colony Jerusalem Photo Department, assumed to be the Church of the Nativity, taken in the 1920s. Founded in the late 1890s by Elijah Meyers, the photo agency was headed during its heyday (ca. 1903-1933) by Lewis Larsson, whose staff photographers included Erik Lind, Lars Lind, Furman Baldwin, and G. Eric Matson.
