Bidspirit auction | JEWELERS. Jerusalem. C1898

JEWELERS. Jerusalem. C1898 - Mother of Pearl Workers, Jerusalem. C1898. Good contrast anad tonality. Phortographer: American Colony Jerusalem. 8.25 x 10.75. The American Colony was an independent, utopian, Christian sect formed by religious pilgrims who emigrated to Jerusalem from the United States and Sweden. Photography became an important profit-generating branch of the Colony, with the Colony's store being a major outlet for selling the photographs.