In the Sinai, 16th century. American colony in Jerusalem public domain...
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. The landscape and the sequence of the photographs suggest somewhere on Darb El Hagg t... More
Bertha Spafford Vester, Anna Spafford, and Grace Spafford Whiting
Photograph shows a portrait of Anna Spafford with her two daughters Bertha (Spafford) Vester and Grace (Spafford) Whiting. In album: Studio portraits of members of the American Colony (Jerusalem), friends, and... More
Am. Colony courtyard, Jerusalem
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Damascus from Hotel Dimitri / American Colony, Jerusalem.
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Storm at Jaffa Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
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Baalbek Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 3239. On guide card: #204-211, 690-691. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Exterior of the Garden Tomb - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title based on caption for similar image (LC-M36-394). On guide card: Various Tel Aviv, etc. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Harvesting and threshing floor scenes in the story of Ruth & Boaz
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On guide card: Dups. of set "Ruth the Moabitess". Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bethlehem (Beit-Lahm) and surroundings. The market place / American Co...
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Northern views. General view of Tiberias (Tabariyeh) / American Colony...
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Locust moulting Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Locust plague. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Roman aqueduct from Pools of Solomon to Jerusalem
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Ruth series, Ruth the Moabitess
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Damascus (Esh-Sham). Damascus and the Anti Lebanon / American Colony, ...
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Jerash Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: 3104 A, S. On negative: 3104a. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jaffa (Joppa) and environs. House of Simon the Tanner / American Colon...
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Fruit store Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from transparency sleeve. On transparency sleeve: Finlay p[ositive]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Valley of Jehoshaphat. / American Colony, Jerusa...
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Lebanon. The cedar grove. (Distant view Dahr-el-Kadib in the backgroun...
Title from: list, Photographic subjects of Bible Lands. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sinai. Panorama of the Sinai Mountains from Nakb-el-Hawa. / American C...
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Damascus (Esh-Sham). "Straight Street" / American Colony, Jerusalem.
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East of Jordan and the Dead Sea. The basilica at 'Amman / American Col...
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[Woman from Ramallah, standing in courtyard of the American Colony, wi...
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Northern views. General view of Nazareth (En-Nasirah) / American Colon...
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Beirut Hospital staff party - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Panorama of Jerusalem from Olivet, in three sect...
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[First view of Jerusalem from the south, the road coming from Hebron] ...
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Petra. Tomb with three urns / American Colony, Jerusalem.
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Stations of the Cross, etc. Church of the Holy Sep. i.e., Sepulchre
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: XI-A of St.'s. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra. The triple gate / American Colony, Jerusalem.
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Jewish factories Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 13816-13914. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Costumes and characters, etc. Mounted village sheikh / American Colony...
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Soldiers on front of the Mosque of Omar i.e., Dome of the Rock, Jerusa...
Title from negative sleeve and list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Well at the monastery St. Catherine's Monastery
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Sinai. Photograph taken from the western end of the southern alley of the... More
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Mosque el-Aksa [i.e., al-Aqsa] and Olivet / Amer...
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Damascus (Esh-Sham). Souk el-Arwam / American Colony, Jerusalem.
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Tower of Jezreel Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. Caption on negative sleeve: Tower of Jezreel. Gi... More
Jaffa (Joppa) and environs. General view of Ramleh (Arimathea) / Ameri...
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Northern views. Joseph's workshop, Nazareth / American Colony, Jerusal...
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Petra. General view of mountains of Petra / American Colony, Jerusalem...
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American Colony group camping at Askalon
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View of hills Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 2473. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Antique Roman glass Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerash Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: 3102 S. On negative: 3102. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
7 men of order of St. John at Opthalmic Hosp, Jerus. i.e., hospital, J...
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Miscellaneous flora & fauna Middle East photographs, American Colony J...
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jew of Jerusalem; Jude von Jeusalem; Juif de Jérusalem / American Colo...
Bearded rabbi, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. 1914 cat. no. 554. Handwritten on recto, lower left: American Colony, Jerusalem. On mount label: Original negative LC-M32-540 (neg. badly damaged). Fo... More
Bedouins of the Arakat tribe. Bedouinen vom stamm Arfat. Escorte de Be...
Bedouin men standing and sitting in a rocky area, some armed with rifles, swords, and knives. On mount label: Original negative LC-M36-607 (Neg. only of 3 men on left). Forms part of: G. Eric and Edith Matson ... More
[American Colony member Josef Larsson, standing in field on Mount Scop...
(Source: The Dream of Jerusalem, Mia Grondahl, p. 83.) In album: American Colony in Jerusalem members and trips, [p. 38, left] Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of John D. Whiting (Library of Congress).
Lifta[?] Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
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[Aerial view of Temple Mount and Western Wall from southwest]
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Aerial photos, Sea of Galilee & Jerus. [i.e., Jerusalem], Jordan R. [i...
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Aerial photos, Sea of Galilee & Jerus. [i.e., Jerusalem], Jordan R. [i...
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Aerial views, Alexandria? etc.. American colony in Jerusalem public do...
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[Ashraf Bey in American Colony courtyard, Jerusalem]
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Gov. Keith-Roach Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Photo shows Edward Keith-Roach (1885-1954), who served as Jerusalem District Governor (1926-1945). (Source: Wikimedia Commons, 2010) Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Departm... More
Wady Sha'ib Es-Salt, Amman, etc. Wady Sha'ib bridge. The brook with na...
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The High Commissioner's first visit to Transjordan. Sir Herbert Samuel...
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Around the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea, Palestine Potash Works. Distant vie...
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Petra. Wadi-Ed-Dêr. Stepped roadway, Wadi ed-Dêr showing double waysid...
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Beit Ed-Din. The Shehab Palace (held as a national monument). Lebanon....
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Syria. Tyre to Tripoli and Krak de Chevalier. Sidon. The Crusader cast...
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Environs of Jerusalem. Convent of the Cross. Supposed site where tree ...
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Northern views. Ain Tabgha. Copious spring
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Tel Aviv. Bialik Street. Typical restaurant
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Bedouin life in Trans-Jordan. Mounting a camel while on the march. Bed...
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Palmyra. Temple of Baal. Fragments of the entablature, etc., at the ma...
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Ajlun district. Stone door at M'keis showing carved lintel
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To Sinai by car. Ain Gedeirat. The augmented stream further down the v...
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Ruins of Jerash (Gerasa). Jerash Museum. Showing mosaics removed from ...
Photograph shows mosaics from the Church of St. Come and Damianus (Cosmas and Damian), Jerash, Jordan. (Source: researcher J. Seigne, 2011)
Northern views. Safad and the Mission compound. Flat roofs covered wit...
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Tel Aviv Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
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Damascus and Environs. Damascus. Palais Azam. Pool in the great court
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Tel Aviv Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
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Mount Lebanon. Beirut. Aleih, Ras-el-Metn District. Lebanon. Nebba el-...
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Front of A.C. [i.e., American Colony] buick
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Zionist colonies on Sharon. Nes Ziona. "Little Zion" in Wady H'nain
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To Sinai by car. St. Katherine's [i.e., St. Catherine's] Monastery in ...
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Egyptian Hotels, Ltd, Cairo. Cairo and Mokattam hills from the Semiram...
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Arab fisherman on the Askalon coast. Holding his throw-net
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Beersheba and surroundings. (Beer Saba). Beersheba. Bedouin bazaar
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Southern Palestine. Nebi Rubin (The Prophet Reuben). A Nebi Rubin bake...
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Petra. Wadi-Ed-Dêr. Rectilinear type tomb showing how pediment and lin...
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Baalbek. "Heliopolis." Temple of Bacchus, looking out of the great doo...
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Carmel and Haifa. Fisherman casting net. Haifa Bay. Carmel in backgrou...
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Petra. Lower Siq. Nabatean Assyrian type monument with double crowfoot...
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Zionist colonies on Sharon. Bnai Brak. Colony of Orthodox Jews
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To Sinai by car. Gebel "Hellal" meaning "lawful." 30 miles S. of el Ar...
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Sir Herbert Samuel's second visit to Transjordan, etc. Col. [T.E.] Law...
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H.S. [i.e., Herbert Samuel] at Amman, Apr. 17-19, 1921
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H.S. [i.e., Herbert Samuel] at Amman, Apr. 17-19, 1921
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Jerusalem Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. Source of date: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009. (Clock tower removed in 1922.) Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or... More
Sinai series. Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
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Tripoli. Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
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Near Haifa Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
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American Univ. [i.e., American University, Beirut]
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Crown Prince of Abyssinia?. American colony in Jerusalem public domain...
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Village of Hasbaya, Habaga (above?) foot of Mt. Hermon
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Tel Beit Mirsim. Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
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Aerial photos, Sea of Galilee & Jerus. [i.e., Jerusalem], Jordan R. [i...
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