Palmyra. Section of outer colonnade temple enclosure
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.
Constantinople. Constantinople on approaching city from S.E
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Constantinople. Sculptured marble base of the Obelisk
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Egyptian views; Port Said. Natives coaling a steamer at Port Said
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mount of Olives, Bethany, etc. Church of the Magdalene, Russian
Date from Matson LOT cards. Caption on negative sleeve: Church of the Magdalene, Russian. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]
Along the sea coast. Street in Tyre
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. The excavations at Samaria. Covering up Ahab's Palace
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Aerial photos, Sea of Galilee & Jerus. i.e., Jerusalem, Jordan R. i.e....
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Aerial photos, Sea of Galilee & Jerus. i.e., Jerusalem, Jordan R. i.e....
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
To Sinai by car. St. Katherine's i.e., St. Catherine's Monastery in Si...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the central area of Wadi El Dier (Biblical Holy Valley), looking southeast and showing the or... More
Palmyra. Western cemetery. Some of the tomb towers
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. From catalog: x-33. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Agriculture, etc. Sowing grain. Eric Matson public domain photograph c...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. From catalog: "Behold, a sower went forth to sow" Matt. 13:3. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
To Sinai by car. El-Buab, "Gates" into Wadi Zeav
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) side of El Buwyb, looking southeast and showing the natural g... More
Baalbek. "Heliopolis." Temple of Bacchus. The south and west wall
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Southern Palestine. Nebi Rubin (The Prophet Reuben). Hour of prayer at...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Caption continues from catalog: A Moslem [i.e., Muslim] yearly pilgrimage in honour of the Patriarch Reuben. Gift; ... More
Mount Lebanon. Beirut. Aleih, Ras-el-Metn District. Aleih. The rail an...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. Lake Galilee. Fisherman. Sun peeps over hills as fishi...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Tel Aviv, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Caption on negative: Tel Aviv, residential street. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title from: list, Matson collectio... More
Along the coast to Tripoli. Tripoli. El-Bedoui. Seething mass of "sacr...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Anna Spafford baby home in Jerusalem
Photo shows Gameli and baby Anna at the Anna Spafford Baby Home. (Source: The American Colony in Jerusalem, 1870-2006 website, "Timeline 1930-1980" Library of Congress, American Memory. Taken either by the Amer... More
Hebrew University. Wolfsohn Library (left) and Rosenblum building of J...
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. (Source: researcher N. Lavsky, 2007). Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Cedars and Robinson family. American colony in Jerusalem public domain...
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from guide card. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Boy with camel on cobblestone street
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: Unid. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Locust plague, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Crown Prince of Abyssinia?. Eric Matson public domain photograph colle...
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
El-Azrak & Wadi Sirhan in the Arabian Desert. Druse i.e., Druze politi...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
El-Azrak & Wadi Sirhan in the Arabian Desert. Druse i.e., Druze politi...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Palmyra, May 1929, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. On negative sleeve: Films. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Palestine events. The 1929 riots, August 23 to 31. Jewish home plunder...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On sleeve: Negative not numbered. Old # 117. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Air views of Palestine. Air route following the old Jerusalem-Jericho ...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption continues from catalog: Air route from the Sea of Galilee following the Jordan Valley down to the Dead Sea, Jericho, etc. Gift; Episcop... More
Notable visitors and approx. chronological events since 1930. The Bish...
Caption on negative sleeve: Bishops of Canterbury and Dr. Lang, April 16, 1931. On negative sleeve: See p. 773. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]
Air views of Palestine. Palestine Electric Corporation Establishment (...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Caption continues from catalog: Junction of Jordan and Yamuk Rivers. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Air views of Palestine. Bethlehem and surroundings. Solomon's Pools lo...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Flight to Ma'an el-Hadj, Petra, Wadi Rum and Akaba. Umm el-Biyara. In ...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Air route to Baghdad via Amman and the desert. Aircraft "Apollo" at Ru...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. Views, street scenes, and types. Modern ...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Handwritten annotation in catalog: Films were taken between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, 1932. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Air views of Palestine. Tel Aviv. Looking N.E., a general view
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Air views of Palestine. Air route over Cana of Galilee, Nazareth, Plai...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Iraq. Mosul. Mosul bazaars and river scenes on the Tigris. Wool washer...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Handwritten annotation in catalog: Films were taken between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, 1932. Caption continues from catalog: Third most important ci... More
Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. Views, street scenes, and types. Typical...
(Source: similar Matson negative: LC-M33-4568) On negative sleeve: Iraq, basket weavers. On negative sleeve: Dup. films. Taken between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, 1932. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. River scenes on the Tigris. The Tigris. ...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. From catalog: Hiddekel Gen. 2:4; Daniel 10:4. Handwritten annotation in catalog: Films were taken between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, 1932. Gift; Epi... More
Air route to Baghdad via Amman and the desert. Kadimain. Closer view s...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Hilla, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative. Caption on negative sleeve: Iraq, Hilla. On negative sleeve: Dup. films. Taken between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, 1932. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Flight to Ma'an el-Hadj, Petra, Wadi Rum and Akaba. Petra Mountains. S...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Celebration of Iraq becoming member of the League...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Handwritten annotation in catalog: Films were taken between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, 1932. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Y.M.C.A. athletic events Jerusalem
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Air views of Y.M.C.A., etc., 1933
Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded ... More
Queen of Abyssinia, Sept. 26, 1933
Photograph shows Empress Menen Asfaw (1883-1962), wife of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia probably in Jerusalem. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The Araba (Southern end of the great Jordan rift). Akaba (Elath). Gulf...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bedouins, some at Shunet Nimrin, etc., April 25, '35
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. From catalog: Duplicate films. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Cairo and district, Egypt. Fishermen below the barrage casting their c...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Inauguration of the Palestine Broadcasting Service. March 30 -1936. Ge...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
A hewer of wood in Palestine. Chopping olive wood
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bethlehem. Shepherd's Fields. Xmas i.e., Christmas subjects
Photograph shows a man and a donkey in front of a round stone tower, near a stone wall. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Oct. 193... More
Tel Aviv. The jetty. Eric Matson public domain photograph collection.
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Dead Sea Album, prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. A favorite spot...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Lydda Air Port. Haniball i.e., Hanibal taking off silhouetted against ...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jewish types, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Orthodox Jews on their usual Sabbath walk to the Wailing Wall (2 men, ...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bittir station gutted with fire
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jewish milk-man, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Visit of H.R.H. the Crown Prince of Sweden in December 1934. H.R.H. on...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bir Hasana, rest house. Eric Matson public domain photograph collectio...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mosque el-Aksa i.e., al-Aqsa & Mosque of Omar i.e., the Dome of the Ro...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beersheba District. Drilling for water
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ein el-Dirweh (Philips fountain) on Hebron road
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: See Acts: 8:26-39 ("Out the way that goeth down from Jerusalem into Gaza; which is desert"). Gif... More
Tel Aviv Zoo. Lion. Eric Matson public domain photograph collection.
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939] and devised by Library staff. Negative not numbered. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem. The baptismal font
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Galilee. Tiberias & Hattin, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Photo shows Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee). Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Oct. 1934. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Eleventh Huzars arriving at Ludd. Armoured car ready to take to road
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: July 15, '38. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sunrise scene with sailing-boat on the lake Sea of Galilee
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Saw mill in the eucalyptus woods of Khadera. The gang saw (closer)
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bethlehem woman in narrow street
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The Christmas Story, Y.M.C.A. tableaux. The Tidings to the Shepherds I...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Aeroplanes on Lydda Air Port. Eric Matson public domain photograph col...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Majdel village & its primitive weaving. Majdel market showing town mos...
Photograph shows the town of al-Majdal (al-Majdal Asqalan). Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Galilee. Tiberias & Hattin, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Photo shows Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee). Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Oct. 1934. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Egypt. Pyramids of Gizeh. The Great Pyramid. Reflecting pyramid & moun...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Cairo, etc, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Sept. 1934. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Cairo and district, Egypt. Raising the sails on the Nile after navigat...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Near Bir Hassana, close up of wave formations of sand
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bokhara i.e., Bukharan Jewish washwoman
Photograph shows Bukharan Jewish woman washing textiles in a tub in the Bukharan Quarter, Jerusalem. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Troops behind sand bags on wall of French hospital, view looking down ...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. From catalog: Oct. 19, '38. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Yatta political drama, Dec. 18, '38
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. From catalog: Duplicate films. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Celebration at Tel Aviv jetty. Eric Matson public domain photograph co...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Market at Tiberias, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Agriculture in Egypt. Primitive irrigation. A spiral tube cylinder tur...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Majdel village & its primitive weaving. A native weaving establishment...
Photograph shows a man working at a loom in the town of al-Majdal (al-Majdal Asqalan). Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem. The Chancel, taken from the main al...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Turkey. Ankara. Sanitary Institute
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Date from Eric Matson's diary, 1935 (LC Manuscript Division). Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Prince Emir Saud's visit to Emir Abdullah in Amman, Transjordan. Emirs...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Caption continues from catalog: Taken on August 17, 1935. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ben Shemen, Sept. 12, 1935. Eric Matson public domain photograph colle...
Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. The American Colony in Jerusalem was a Christian utopian community that was established in Jerusalem in the late 19th century. The community was founded ... More
Turkey. Kayserie. Statue of Attaturk i.e., Ataturk with groups of peop...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Date from Eric Matson's diary, 1935 (LC Manuscript Division). Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Thompson Falls, Kenya, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative. Caption on negative sleeve: Africa. On negative: 8220. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Palestine disturbances 1936. Jewish exodus from the Old City, taken ne...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Palestine disturbances 1936. Jewish convoy on Jaffa-Jerusalem road esc...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Foot washing 1936. Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
From Tartous to Tyre. Funereal rock monuments S. of Tartous
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Taking down clock tower. Old P.O. square Jerusalem?
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Zanzibar. Pile of cocoanuts i.e., coconuts in a grove
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. From catalog: East Africa copyright photos by G. Eric Matson, American Colony Photo Dept. Monotone, Finlay colour, and Infra red photos, taken ... More