To Sinai by car. Bedouin camp under Acacia trees
Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim), possibly, downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feiran Oasis somewhere in the vicinity of the close localities of El Nakhila, El Hswa, El ... More
Bialek's funeral in Tel Aviv. Eric Matson public domain photograph col...
Photo shows funeral of poet Hayyim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934). Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: July 16, '34. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Return of Moslem i.e., Muslim delegations? 192?
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
American University, Beirut, from the sea
Original title from Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914: Beirut, etc. Beirut from the American College. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Golden Gate, Jerusalem Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusa...
Title from negative and list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. On negative: 686. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beduin i.e., Bedouin shepherd - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Royal party...
Title from: list, State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II ... Caption on negative sleeve: Passing Am. [i.e., American] Colony bldg. [i.e., building]. Photograph taken between October 26 and Nov. 4, 1898. Gift; E... More
Arab plowing Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from negative sleeve. On negative sleeve: 5/91. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Man with machinery in factory? - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...
Caption continues from catalog: M3201. Caption on negative: 2004A (Crossed out) 0036. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The Garden Tomb, interior - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from negative. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 85. Guide card: Buildings, monuments, landmarks. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Antique Roman glass, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Quay at Hai...
Title from: list, State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II ... Caption on negative sleeve: Quay at Haifa. Photograph taken between October 26 and Nov. 4, 1898. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Monument of Paul in Tarsus. Greek Ortho. i.e., Orthodox Church
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. On negative sleeve: T-76, TN-12. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem Municipal Hospital Middle East photographs, American Colony ...
Title from negative. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Military hostel, Tel-Aviv - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beduin i.e., Bedouin tent of paprus i.e., papyrus
Title from negative sleeve. On negative: 2844. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Military photo copy, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Copies of military photographs. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Storm at Jaffa Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title from: list, Matson collection negative numbers 14565-15108.
Dead Sea, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service Title from guide card. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
23rd Psalm, sheep 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.
Sinai. Wady Isleh, Grand Canyon
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Similar image in LOT 13847, p. 99, no. 49 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18419) Photograph taken from the downstream area of Wadi ... More
English L.J.S. i.e., London Jews Society Hospital, Jerusalem
Title from negative and list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. On negative: 280. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bronze figure of women - 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.
Castle at Tripoli from east - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Caption on negative sleeve: Wall? Date from Matson LOT cards. Title from copy print verso. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mizpah American Colony, Jerusalem - stereocsopic card
Title from negative. On negative: 724. Date from Matson LOT cards. View of Nebi Samwil. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
East of Jordan and the Dead Sea. General view of ruins of Jerash Ameri...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Jerash, general view of ruins. On negative: 742. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ruins, Damascus, Jerash Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerus...
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Jerash. Variant views of the same scene on the same plate. Gift; Episcopa... More
Man climbing palm tree; man with fishing net, Sea of Galilee?
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Two different images on same plate. On negative: 155, 35 B. Two different images on the same plate. Gift; Episco... More
Sheep 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. Similar image in LOT 13847, p. 129, no. 64 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18419) Gift... More
Acanthus-leaf capital, Church of Kalat Siman
Title from negative sleeve. On negative: 3348. On negative sleeve: 3348, 1781A. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Dead Sea water killing vegetation - stereocsopic card
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Dead Sea. 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.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Mount of Olives from the south
Photograph shows the Mount of Olives from the Bethany Road (view is from the southeast). (Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009) Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1... More
Miscellaneous paintings Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerus...
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ramallah woman 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. On negative: 2869 B. Guide card: Ramallah women. Variant views of the same scene on t... More
Village of Mount of Olives and Jerusalem from the tower of the Russian...
(Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009) Caption for neighboring negative (LC-M36-406) from Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914: Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Russian church on slop... More
City types. Jerusalem rabbi. (With scroll & phylacteries)
Title from: list, Photographic subjects of Bible Lands. Caption continues from catalog: Deut. 6. 8. Math. 23. 5. Caption on negative: Jew robed for prayer. Jerusalem rabbi. On negative: 26. Similar image in LOT... More
Arched lane in Old City (near old Serai) Jerusalem
Title from: list, Negatives ... from our art catalogue. Caption on negative: Arched lane in Old City. Caption on negative sleeve: Arched lane in Old City. Identified as Jerusalem based on captions for negatives... More
Petra. Ed-Deir from the northwest
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Similar image in LOT 13847, p. 53, no. 26 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18419) Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Baalbek (Heliopolis), etc. Columns of Temple of the Sun
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. On negative sleeve: 437. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Third Station of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa
(Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009) On guide card: "Stations of the Cross, etc. Church of the Holy Sep.", Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo ... More
State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898. Emperor rev...
Title from: list, State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II ... Receiving troops. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Haifa & environs. Mt. Carmel and Haifa. (Evening scene from the bay)
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.
Man carrying large bundle of brush
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sinai. Caravan at el-Wad preparing to cross the desert. American Colon...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Photograph taken from the central section of El Qa'a Plain to the north El Tur on Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez, showing th... More
Tiberias and the Sea of Galilee
Title from: list, Negatives ... from our art catalogue. Caption on negative: Tiberias and Sea of Galilee. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Ep... More
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Solomon's Quarries American Colony, Jerusalem
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Solomon's Quarries. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Village of Siloam, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: 117. Caption on negative: Siloam. On negative: 117. Guide card: B... More
Petra. Temple of Kasr Firaun with altar
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Copy print verso: Temple of Kasr Firaun with altar, Petra, Jordan. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mt. of Olives, Jerusalem - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from negative and list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. On negative: 12. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beit Jibrin. Columbarium Middle East photographs, American Colony Jeru...
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. On negative: 2274. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
23rd Psalm, sheep 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 paper label: Thou preparest a table. On guide card: duplicates. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. Endor American Colony, Jerusalem
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Endor. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Jerusalem from Mt. Scopus American Colony, Jerus...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Jerusalem from Scopus. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Allenby & Jordan Bridge, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Military photograph copy Middle East photographs, American Colony Jeru...
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Copies of military photographs. Two different images on the same plate. G... More
Southern Palestine. General view of Beersheba
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Copy print verso: General view of Beersheba. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Solomon's Quarries
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative sleeve: 6 men standing in Solomon's Quarries. On negative: 5116. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Solomon's Quarries 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 guide card: plus 3 negs. of ancient tomb. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra, Extinct City, Jordan - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Choice oriental rugs Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusale...
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Southern Palestine. Old well at Beersheba
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. On negative sleeve: 10761. Copy print verso: Old well at Beersheba. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra, Extinct City, Jordan - 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. Guide card: Petra. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Damascus, Israel, Matson photograph collection - stereocsopic card
Title from negative. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Damascus, 200-204, 693-4. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Plants and vegetation Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusal...
On guide card: Unid[entified]. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Man seated in hilly landscape - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 2426. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bedouin couple in front of tent, Adwan tribe
Title from negative sleeve. Original title from Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914: Costumes and characters, etc. Bust of a Bedouin. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
View of city in Middle East - stereoscopic view, public domain photorp...
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Interior of the Garden Tomb, Jerusalem
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On transparency: American Colony, Jerusalem, On guide card: Positives from art series. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra in Transjordan. Tomb en route to Mt. Hor, Jebel Harun
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Tomb en route to Mt. Hor, Jebel Harun. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Geology. Inclined limestone bed at Ain Farah
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Inclined limestone bed at Ain Farah. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Costumes, characters, etc. Mother and baby of Nazareth
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Aleppo (Haleb) and environs. View of Aleppo from the castle
Title based on caption for similar image (LC-M32-1758). On negative: 3325. On negative sleeve: 3325. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Palmyra (Tadmor). Distant view of Turkish castle
Date from Matson LOT cards. On negative sleeve: x784. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]
Northern views. The excavations at Samaria. Stairway ascending to the ...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Stairway to Roman temple. On negative: 1061 (crossed out). Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bethlehem and surroundings. Gate of Bethlehem
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Gate of Bethlehem. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Costumes and characters, etc. Group of old Jews / American Colony, Jer...
Three elderly men holding books. On mount: Palestine Jerusalem Learned Jews. On mount: LC-M36-556. Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Collection profile with information ... More
Northern views. Garden of the hospice Bethsaida
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Identified as Bethsaida based on captions for negatives with neighboring numbers. Caption on negative: Garden of the hospice. Date from Matson ... More
Bethlehem and surroundings. Carved ornaments of the wooden door Church...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Carved Ornaments of the [...]. Identified as Church of the Nativity based on captions for negatives with neighboring numbe... More
Temple area, Mosque of Omar i.e., Dome of the Rock, etc. No. 4 details...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption continues from catalog: Cyclorama, in eight parts, of the mosaics in the drum of the mosque. Caption on negative: No. 5 Details of the ... More
Valleys of Jehoshaphat and Hinnom. Jewish cemetery on slopes of Olivet
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Jewish tombs on slopes of Olivet. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Various types, etc. Mohammedan i.e., Muslim funeral
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Mohammedan [i.e., Muslim] funeral. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Maps, plans, restorations, etc. Plan of the Church of the Holy Sepulch...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: [Plan?] of the Holy Sepulchre. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Machaerus, fortified hilltop palace on east side of the Dead Sea, Jord...
(Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009) Caption from Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]: "Frank Mountain." Date from Matson LOT cards. Caption on negative sleeve: Frank Mountain. ... More
The cedars of Lebanon, Cedrus Libani Barr. Cedar branches with cones
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Branches of cedar showing cones. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Endor. Endor. Endur / American Colony, Jerusalem.
People engaged in daily activities outside stone, residential buildings of a section of Ein-dor. On mount label: Original negative LC-M361-817. No. 817. On recto mount label: Palestine, Endor. Handwritten on m... More
Church of Kalat Siman, near view
Title from negative sleeve. Date based on information for similar image (LC-M32-1777). On negative: 3346. On negative sleeve: 1777A, 3346. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
East of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Greek church at Madeba, interior
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Greek Church at Madeba, interior. On negative: Ex. 2 minutes. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Tell Zachariah, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Caption from catalog: Southern Palestine. Tell Zacharia. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bethlehem and surroundings. Native home near Bethlehem
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative sleeve: Native home near Bethlehem. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. Village of Banias, Caesarea Philippi. Damascus provinc...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Around the Dead Sea. Early morning scene over the Dead Sea
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Early morning scene over the Dead Sea. On negative: 81. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Baalbek. Interior of the Temple of Bacchus
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Interior of the Temple of Bacchus. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Southern Palestine. Hafir el-Auja
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Hafir El-Auja. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Choice set of thirteen slides, illustrating the Sea of Galilee and its...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Fishing boats at Bethsaida. On negative sleeve: 12/92. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jaffa to Jerusalem. Samson's cave - stereocsopic card
Title and date based on information for similar image (LC-M32-A-26). On negative: 2046. Color slide LC-M305-SL1-A-26 was made from this negative. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Palmyra (Tadmor). Pillars in Temple of the Sun
Date from Matson LOT cards. On negative sleeve: x772. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]
Various types, etc. Women selecting straw for baskets
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Women selecting straw for baskets. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Wild flowers of Palestine. Wild pink onion (Allium trichocoleim Bornm....
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Wild pink O[...]m trichocoleum Bo. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. The old mosque at Tiberias
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Old mosque at Tiberias. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.