A magic lantern slide circa 1900. Religious slides . The Maison de la Bonne Presse was founded in July 1873 . The lily of the house of Nazareth. the lily, as an image of Mary's purity, with one of the Semitic meanings of the name Nazareth, a flower. The Hebrew root of "Nazareth" means "blossoming," and the white lily is holy to Mary