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![[Edith Matson (second from left) with men and women near a stone structure, possibly a watch tower, Palestine]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzAvMDEvMDEvZWRpdGgtbWF0c29uLXNlY29uZC1mcm9tLWxlZnQtd2l0aC1tZW4tYW5kLXdvbWVuLW5lYXItYS1zdG9uZS1zdHJ1Y3R1cmUtcG9zc2libHktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/257/jpg "[Edith Matson (second from left) with men and women near a stone structure, possibly a watch tower, Palestine]")
![[Old penstock, Turner's spring, Mt. Agassiz, Bethlehem, N.H.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvb2xkLXBlbnN0b2NrLXR1cm5lcnMtc3ByaW5nLW10LWFnYXNzaXotYmV0aGxlaGVtLW5oLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Old penstock, Turner's spring, Mt. Agassiz, Bethlehem, N.H.]")
![Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces. Garden tea after opening](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDAvMDEvMDEveW1jYS1ob3N0ZWwtaW4tamxlbS1pZS1qZXJ1c2FsZW0tZm9yLXRoZS1tZW4tb2YtaG0tZm9yY2VzLWdhcmRlbi10ZWEtYWZ0ZXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Y.M.C.A. Hostel in J'lem. [i.e., Jerusalem] for the men of H.M. Forces. Garden tea after opening")
![[Edith Matson and two children, probably Anne and David Matson, with a man in an office, map of Palestine on the wall]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzIvMDEvMDEvZWRpdGgtbWF0c29uLWFuZC10d28tY2hpbGRyZW4tcHJvYmFibHktYW5uZS1hbmQtZGF2aWQtbWF0c29uLXdpdGgtYS1tYW4taW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Edith Matson and two children, probably Anne and David Matson, with a man in an office, map of Palestine on the wall]")
![[Two men near stone structure, yurt in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvdHdvLW1lbi1uZWFyLXN0b25lLXN0cnVjdHVyZS15dXJ0LWluLWJhY2tncm91bmQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/37/webp "[Two men near stone structure, yurt in background]")
![[Edith Matson on balcony of her home in Jerusalem, Mount Scopus in the backgroud]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzAvMDEvMDEvZWRpdGgtbWF0c29uLW9uLWJhbGNvbnktb2YtaGVyLWhvbWUtaW4tamVydXNhbGVtLW1vdW50LXNjb3B1cy1pbi10aGUtYmFja2dyb3VkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Edith Matson on balcony of her home in Jerusalem, Mount Scopus in the backgroud]")
![Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Haifa "Shemen" Oil Works. A gen[eral] view of the Shemen bldgs. [i.e., buildings]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEvamV3aXNoLWZhY3Rvcmllcy1pbi1wYWxlc3RpbmUtb24tcGxhaW4tb2Ytc2hhcm9uLWFuZC1hbG9uZy10aGUtY29hc3QtdG8taGFpZmEtODAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Haifa \"Shemen\" Oil Works. A gen[eral] view of the Shemen bldgs. [i.e., buildings]")
![[Map of towns in Palestine (Israel, West Bank, and Jordan)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTgvMDEvMDEvbWFwLW9mLXRvd25zLWluLXBhbGVzdGluZS1pc3JhZWwtd2VzdC1iYW5rLWFuZC1qb3JkYW4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Map of towns in Palestine (Israel, West Bank, and Jordan)]")
