Famme Arabe de Jerusalem / Dumas
Portrait of a young woman from Jerusalem with a pottery jar in her hands, ca. 1889
Credit: 
Tancrède Dumas, photographer. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division [LC-DIG-ppmsca-04442]
Famme Arabe de Jerusalem / Dumas
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