Photographed by Frank Scholten, this image depicts a street vendor selling freshly baked pita bread in Jerusalem’s Old City in the early 1920s. A street market and one of the city’s gates are visible in the background.
Frank Scholten (1881–1942) was a Dutch photographer and author who traveled to Palestine from 1921 to 1923 to produce an “illustrated Bible.” In addition to biblical-themed photographs, he captured the country and its people. His work was published in a series titled “Palestine Illustrated.” During his time in Palestine, Scholten visited Jerusalem 29 times, with visits ranging from a day to three months. He categorized his photos of Jerusalem into Muslim, Jewish, and Christian sections. The original file of this photograph was titled “Jérusalem Musulman II.”1