Cistern
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Directed by: Vivien Sansour
Vivien Sansour is the founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library. Trained in the field of Anthropology, Vivien works with farmers worldwide on issues relating to agriculture and independence with focus on rural life and practice.
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Still Pasts: Conversation with Vivian Sansour and Yazan Kopty
Vivian and Yazan discuss a water harvesting built project during the pandemic and review historical images in relation to water and land in Palestine
Archival Images Seen in Discussion
Bethlehem, Palestine. Photograph by the American Colony Photo Department, taken between 1934-1939.
This scan of a nitrate negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Bethlehemite woman at the country cistern, watchtower in background.
This scan of a nitrate negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Bethlehemite woman at the country cistern, watchtower in background.
Palestine. Photograph by the American Colony Photo Department, taken between 1900-1920.
This scan of a dry plate stereograph negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Costumes, characters, etc. Women carrying their water jars. The same caption was used as the image description in the American Colony’s 1927 Lantern Slide Catalogue, which they used to advertise and sell photographs from their “Holy Land” collection to tourists in Jerusalem and customers abroad.
The photograph also appeared in the March 1914 issue of National Geographic Magazine in a feature written by one of the Colony’s residents and photographers, John D. Whiting, titled “Village Life in the Holy Land: General description of different aspects of village life in Palestine and showing how many customs are the same as in Bible times”, with the following caption: On The Way To The Well “Women formerly, when passing men on the roads, would cover their faces with their hands and keep their eyes on the ground, but now when you meet them they are not shy.” It will be noted that the woman on the extreme left observes the more modest custom.
This scan of a dry plate stereograph negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Costumes, characters, etc. Women carrying their water jars. The same caption was used as the image description in the American Colony’s 1927 Lantern Slide Catalogue, which they used to advertise and sell photographs from their “Holy Land” collection to tourists in Jerusalem and customers abroad.
The photograph also appeared in the March 1914 issue of National Geographic Magazine in a feature written by one of the Colony’s residents and photographers, John D. Whiting, titled “Village Life in the Holy Land: General description of different aspects of village life in Palestine and showing how many customs are the same as in Bible times”, with the following caption: On The Way To The Well “Women formerly, when passing men on the roads, would cover their faces with their hands and keep their eyes on the ground, but now when you meet them they are not shy.” It will be noted that the woman on the extreme left observes the more modest custom.
Sebastia, Palestine. Photograph by the American Colony Photo Department, taken between 1920-1933.
This scan of a nitrate negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Drawing water by camel and cow power. Skin bucket emptied in water trough. Side view of roller pulley.
The same caption was used as the image description in the American Colony’s 1927 Lantern Slide Catalogue, which they used to advertise and sell photographs from their “Holy Land” collection to tourists in Jerusalem and customers abroad.
This scan of a nitrate negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Drawing water by camel and cow power. Skin bucket emptied in water trough. Side view of roller pulley.
The same caption was used as the image description in the American Colony’s 1927 Lantern Slide Catalogue, which they used to advertise and sell photographs from their “Holy Land” collection to tourists in Jerusalem and customers abroad.
Bir Saba', Palestine. Photograph by either the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, The Matson Photo Service, taken between 1898-1946.
This scan of a nitrate negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Beersheba Bedouins. A desert cistern. (Women and children with a donkey loaded with water jars).
This scan of a nitrate negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Beersheba Bedouins. A desert cistern. (Women and children with a donkey loaded with water jars).
Palestine. Photograph by the American Colony Photo Department, taken between 1920-1933.
This scan of a dry plate stereograph negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Agriculture, etc. Drawing water by camel and cow power. Yoke of cattle raising water from deep well.
The same caption was used as the image description in the American Colony’s 1927 Lantern Slide Catalogue, which they used to advertise and sell photographs from their “Holy Land” collection to tourists in Jerusalem and customers abroad.
This scan of a dry plate stereograph negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Agriculture, etc. Drawing water by camel and cow power. Yoke of cattle raising water from deep well.
The same caption was used as the image description in the American Colony’s 1927 Lantern Slide Catalogue, which they used to advertise and sell photographs from their “Holy Land” collection to tourists in Jerusalem and customers abroad.
Palestine. Photograph by the American Colony Photo Department, taken between 1900-1920.
This scan of a dry plate stereograph negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Economic plants. Long gourds (Lagenaria vulgaris Ser.).
The same caption was used as the image description in the American Colony’s 1927 Lantern Slide Catalogue, which they used to advertise and sell photographs from their “Holy Land” collection to tourists in Jerusalem and customers abroad.
This scan of a dry plate stereograph negative was found in the Matson Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress with the caption: Economic plants. Long gourds (Lagenaria vulgaris Ser.).
The same caption was used as the image description in the American Colony’s 1927 Lantern Slide Catalogue, which they used to advertise and sell photographs from their “Holy Land” collection to tourists in Jerusalem and customers abroad.
