O Little Town of Bethlehem

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Photograph

George Rodger

Maker
English, 1908–1995

O Little Town of Bethlehem

1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/16 × 5 7/8 in. (23.6 × 15 cm)
Paper: 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.2 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0549
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, C: 11/61 29) "O Little Town of Bethleham:" Each \ Christmas Eve the famous bells of The Church of The \ Nativity in Bethleham toll the news of The birth of \ Jesus. This church was built over the manger \ where The Christ Child lay. Background: The "silent \ streets" and The Hills of Judea. \ Credit: George Rodger © 1961 MAGNUM \ Photos
Typed in black ink on applied label on verso and crossed out in pencil, BC: 11/61 28) VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE of the boy from \ Brooklyn who made good. Playwright Arthur Miller strolls \ across Brooklyn Bridge with his two teenagers, Bobbie \ and Janie. His two one-act plays, entitled "View from \ the Bridge", are now being made into a movie. \ Credit: Inge Morath © 1961 MAGNUM Photos
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