Prickly pear (Opuntia Ficus indica, Haw.)
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service Title from negative. Caption on negative sleeve: Trees. On negative: 1216. 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.
Jordan Bridge. Allenby Jordan Bridge
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: 1. Guide card: Allenby & Jordan Bridge. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Valley of Jehoshaphat and Hinnom. Absalom's Pillar
Title devised by Library staff. Title based on caption for similar image (LC-M32-2958). Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beirut, etc. Sidon (Saida)
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative sleeve: Coast at Sidon. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Date palm trees
Title devised by Library staff. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Children and bridge over Nile?
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 2968. Guide card: Egypt. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. On negative: 2179. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Old Bedouin woman
Title from negative sleeve. Original title from Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914: Costumes and characters, etc. Bust of a Bedouin woman. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem. British homes, embassy
Title from: 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.
Bethlehem--upper & lower
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Akaba
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 4. Guide card: Akaba. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Icons in Chapel of 40 Martyrs taken for Dr. Willoughby of Chicago
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Egypt, boats on a river
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.
Jerash
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: 3103 A, S. On negative: 3103a. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beduin i.e., Bedouin man (blindfolded game)
Title from negative sleeve. On negative sleeve: See p. 261. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ras Kasa - Ethiopian Generalissimo
Photograph shows Ethiopian army commander Kassa Haile Darge (1881-1956). He is shown outside the building depicted in Matson negative LC-M32- 52559-x. Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Co... more
Chapel of Finding the Cross, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Title devised by Library staff. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Burying locust
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Locust plague. Film neg. taped to glass backing. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Summit of Mt. Hermon
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: B161. Guide card: Mt. Hermon from Sea of Galilee. Gift; Episcopal... more
Petra, great high place of sacrifice
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from transparency sleeve. On transparency sleeve: Nat. Geo. [i.e. National Geographic], p. 160. Gift; Episc... more
Northern views. Ruins of Shiloh (Seilun)
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from transparency sleeve. On transparency sleeve: #6, pos[itive], F-2-P. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Greek cathedral
Title from negative. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 75. Guide card: Buildings, monuments, landmarks. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Site of Christ? Boat by river
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service Title from negative. On negative: 354. On guide card: Misc. half stereos. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beirut Hospital ward room
Title devised by Library staff. Title based on similar images (LC-M32-14338 and LC-M32-14339). Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Hasrum and distant view of cedars
Title from negative sleeve. On negative: 3201. On negative sleeve: 1734A. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Hebron. Glass blowing
Title from: 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.
Jaffa
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. On negative: 2041. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra. Tomb with soldier American Colony, Jerusalem
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Petra, tomb. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Dothan, where Joseph was sold by his brethren American Colony, Jerusal...
Title from negative. Crossed out on negative sleeve: Hillside, vicinity of Nain? Caption on negative: Dothan, where Joseph was sold by his brethren. On negative: 5412. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Icons
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bethlehem
Title from guide card. 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.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). David's Tomb, exterior
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: David's Tomb (exterior). Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Araya Abebe, cousin of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, in Jerusale...
Title devised by Library staff. (Source: Maria Senna Asfa Wossen) On negative sleeve: H.S.? [i.e., Haile Selassie] in suit and tie. Guide card: Churchill visit, Mar. 1921. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Spot where St. James' head was buried American C...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Spot where St. James head was buried. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Neby i.e., Nebi Musa IV
Title from negative sleeve. On negative: 2784, 2026, X506. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ruth series. Threshing floor, winnowing, etc
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On guide card: Dup. subjects for the Ruth series. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Gaza ruins
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: Gaza 1. Guide card: Gaza in ruins. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra. Place of Sacrifice, showing altars American Colony, Jerusalem
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Petra. Altar for sacrificing. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ancient inscription excavations Mshatta
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Ancient inscription excavations carved wall at Mashita, east of Jordan. Q... more
West Jerusalem from the north
Title devised by Library staff. (Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009 and similar Matson negative: LC-M36-317-A) Caption from list: Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108 misidentifies image... more
Series of prehistoric flints
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The tomb
Title devised by Library staff. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On box label: Duplicates. Use 8 x 10 paper on enclosed large negatives with no bo... more
Haifa
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Haifa. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Pan i.e., panorama of tombs in Petra
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On transparency: positive #11. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
View along crest of Mount of Olives, looking east towards Hebrew Unive...
Title devised by Library staff. (Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009) Caption from list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108: "Jerusalem." On negative: 2139. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Garden of Gethsemane, exterior
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative sleeve: Jerusalem. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sheep
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bedouins & camels at oasis, Sinai
Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez to the south of the town of Suez at Uyun Musa (Biblical Twelve Springs of Moses), showing the way station for pilgrims... more
Church of Holy Sep. i.e., Sepulchre. Jewelled crosses
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Buildings, monuments, landmarks. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from guide card. On guide card: Finlay; Stein. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Antique glass
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Forest of pillars peering above the modern
Title from negative. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: x67. On negative: x67. Guide card: Baalbek. On guide card: #204-211, 690... more
Antique glass
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Old shepherd of Gibeon with his rod, staff and flint back gun
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Man in car by body of water
On guide card: Sheep. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Costumes and characters, etc. A caravan
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Ready to traverse the desert. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Costumes and characters, etc. Line of camels American Colony, Jerusale...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Line of camels. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Gobelins, glass, tapestry, etc
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On paper label: Mr. Matson's brother (Royal Museum, Stockholm) numismatic expert, interest... more
Bethlehem--upper & lower
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. Empress rec...
Title from: list, State visit to Jerusalem of Wilhelm II ... Caption on negative sleeve: Empress receiving line. Photograph taken between October 26 and Nov. 4, 1898. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bethlehem--upper & lower
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Church of the Holy Sep. i.e., Sepulchre
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Buildings, monuments, landmarks. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra high place altar
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 2618. Guide card: Petra. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Christmas in Bethlehem, religious procession
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Matson family, 1898
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 12961-13944. Caption on negative sleeve: Matson family. Front row (left to right): Olaf Matson, Eva Matson. Middle row: Anna Matson, "Grandma" Britta Larsson... more
Olivet under cloud
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from transparency sleeve. On transparency sleeve: positive composite. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bab Es-Sik in Petra
Title from negative. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 48, old no. 1097. Guide card: Petra. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ruth series. Threshing floor, winnowing, etc
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On guide card: Dup. subjects for the Ruth series. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Galilee fisheman
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Galilee fisherman. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem to Galilee via Samaria. Mount Tabor. (Showing the zig-zag ro...
Title from: list, Photographic subjects of Bible Lands. Caption on negative: Mount Tabor. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
View of Jaffa from the north beach
Title from negative. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 7. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra. Place of Sacrifice, from the east
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Greek cathedral, Church of Holy Sepulchre
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Greek Cathedral. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title devised by Library staff. On guide card: Positives from art series. On transparency sleeve: 4-P, positive #... more
Copy of painting of young boy with lion, sheep, and other animals
Title devised by Library staff. On guide card: Altar at the 11th Station of the Cross in Church of the Holy Sepulchre? Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Ser... more
Northern views. Lake Merom and Mt. Hermon American Colony, Jerusalem
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Lake Merome. 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: 24. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jaffa. Rocks of Andromeda
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.
Samaria
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Samaria. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mosque el-Aksa i.e., al-Aqsa
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 13816-13914. Caption on negative sleeve: Temple area, Mosque el-Aksa. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo ... more
Streets. Jerusalem. Street in Tyropean Valley. (Showing ancient public...
Title from: list, Photographic subjects of Bible Lands. Caption on negative: Jerusalem. Street in Tyropean Valley. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service.... more
Mosque of Omar i.e., Dome of the Rock
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. Caption continues from catalog: Duplicates of cataloged photos?. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matso... more
Antique glass
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bethlehem (Beit-Lahm) and surroundings. The market place American Colo...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Market place Bethlehem. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Nat'l i.e., National Geographic Society, Le Gorce
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: National Geographic Society. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Road to Jericho (Er-Riha), etc. River Jordan looking down-stream
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: River Jordan. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Member of Abyssinian Crown Prince group outside of the entrance to the...
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Princess Elizabeth, Russian princess. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Trans-Jordan. Petra. The theatre. (Showing tombs in the background)
Title from: list, Photographic subjects of Bible Lands. Caption on negative: Petra. The Theatre. Showing tombs in. On negative: 2676, P216 (crossed out). Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or ... more
Palmyra
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Drawer #6 11247-11297. Stein. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ruins at Mshatta, Jordan
Title devised by Library staff. (Source: researcher J. Seigne, 2011) Caption on guide card misidentifies site as "Jerash". Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo... more
Garden of Gethsemane, inside enclosure
Title from: list, Negatives ... from our art catalogue. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Columbarium at Tibna
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
