Sinai. Ain Gedeirat, Kadesh Barnea. Num. 20:1
Title from: Matson color slides and filmstrips of Bible Lands ... , the Matson Photo Service. Photograph taken from the central section of Wadi El Qusaima (El Qadeirat) in the vicinity of Ain El Qadeirat water ... More
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
Costumes, characters, etc. Dancing dervishes in procession Nebi Musa p...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: [?] Dervishes in procession. On negative sleeve: 12/94. Identified as Nebi Musa procession based on captions for negatives... More
Via Dolorosa, beginning at St. Stephen's Gate. Pilgrims carrying cross...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Pilgrims carrying cross on Via Dolorosa. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Via Dolorosa, beginning at St. Stephen's Gate. Interior of Fourth Stat...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On negative: 4-A. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Egyptian views; Thebes. Great hypostyle hall in Temple of Rameses i.e....
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Great hypostyle hall in Temple of Rameses [i.e., Ramses] III, Medinet Habu, Thebes. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Epis... More
Northern views. Looking south from Rama
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Looking so[uth?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
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
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.
The terrible plague of locusts in Palestine, March-June 1915. Exercisi...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Exercising the wings. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mt. Scopus cemetery dedication to soldiers from New Zealand
Title from negative sleeve. Guide card: War cemeteries. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The investiture by H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught. Decorated Generals Al...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Decorated generals, Allenby and Chetwode in the foreground. Date based on caption for similar image in LOT 13827, p. 21, n... More
Mount of Olives and Gethsemane. Bethpage i.e., Bethphage from Olivet s...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Around the city wall Jerusalem. Damascus Gate. Bedouins unloading whea...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On negative: Art 61, LL, P. 14. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Damascus and environs. Damascus. El Meidan. The 'Panhandle' street of ...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides .[1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Hebron and surroundings. Machpelah enclosure showing Herodian Wall. Ch...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
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Borochov - Girls' farm, [5 Jewish girls] working among glass frames
Palestine. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Forms part of: the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Zionism; Women.
Newer Jerusalem and suburbs. King David Hotel. The main lounge
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The fourth pyramid of Gizeh, etc. (recently discovered). The fourth Py...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
People in street, Italian Hospital in background, Jerusalem
(Source: researcher N. Lavsky). Title in list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108: Arab-Jew riots, 1920. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
H.S. i.e., Herbert Samuel at Amman
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 13816-13914. Caption continues from catalog: April 17-19, 1921. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Balfour, Allenby & Samuel, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. On negative sleeve: XB430. Guide card: Balfour visit. On guide card: 1921. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Shepherd with flock near Bethlehem
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative. On negative: 37. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Egyptian camel tranport passing over Olivet
Title and date based on caption for similar image in LOT 13827, p. 19, no. 57 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13290) Similar image in LOT 13846, p. 57, no. 29 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18417) Title ... More
Excavations at Tell Beit Mirsim (Kirjath-Sepher) 1926. Looking south f...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption continues from catalog: Conducted by President M.G. Kyle for Xenia Theological Seminary and Dr. W.F. Albright for the American School o... More
P.E.C. i.e., Palestine Electric Corporation
Title from negative sleeve. Guide card: P.E.C. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Imperial Airways plane, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. Ceremony at Kalendia Aerodrome near Ramallah to christen a de Havilland "Hercules" airliner of the Imperial Airways as the "City of Jerusalem." (Source: tonyhalley09 account in Flick... More
Jerusalem Waterworks, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sect.i.e., secretary of commerce, U.S.A.? 22nd, 1930
Creator name based on date. Title from negative. Guide card: Notables: Princess Ileana of Romania, Earl of Luton, Crown Prince of Abyssinia, Arch Bishop of Canterbury, Latin Patriach Alfonso XIII of Spain. Gift... More
Jerusalem. Temple area from the east, looking down on the Dome of the ...
No. 4334. In album: Aerial views of Palestine / Matson Photo Service. Forms part of: the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection.
Air views of Palestine. Flying south over the Jordan Rift. Jordan with...
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
Air views of Palestine. Various on Scopus and Olivet. Jerusalem. War c...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Air views of Palestine. Various points of interest around Jerusalem. J...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Air views of Palestine. Various on Scopus and Olivet. Jerusalem. Old C...
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. Nageb area. Weird ...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Queen of Abyssinia, Sept. 26, 1933
Photograph shows Empress Menen Asfaw (1883-1962), the wife of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, possibly at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department o... More
Newer Jerusalem and suburbs. The city & Olivet from Y.M.C.A. tower
Photograph shows aerial view of buildings including the French consulate general (center-left) from the west. Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mosaic floor in Ch. i.e., Church of Nativity. Bethlehem
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Last week in June 1934. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jacob Spafford tablet in Baby Home
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Dup. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Between Hafir el Auja & Kosaina. Camel caravan on the move on way to S...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Decontamination activity. A.R.P. (air raid precaution) in Jerusalem. A...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Egypt. Tomb near the Great Pyramid
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Tel Aviv Zoo. Hyena (Tamed, each day takes a walk in courtyard of inst...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Specimen from Hills of Judea. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The Citadel from the east. Entrance to Citadel on east side
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Towers of David & Hippicus. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bethlehem, from the s. west with camel
Caption on transparency sleeve: Bethlehem & flowers. On transparency sleeve: Dup films. On box label: Bethlehem & flowers. Film type: Gelatin silver transparency on film. (Source: Library of Congress Conservati... More
Levant fair, 1934, Tel Aviv. Eric Matson public domain photograph coll...
Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title from: list, Matson collection negative numbers 14565-15108.
Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to ...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Two photos are on one glass plate: left half shows LC-M32-10529-A; right half shows LC-M32-10529-B. Left image taken March 1939.... More
Bethlehem. From the east, showing Shepherds Fields, figure seated
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ancient pathway to Bethlehem along Roman aqueduct
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Close of Orthodox Jew in crowd Maccabee football game
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Maccabee football game identified from captions of neighboring negatives (LC-M33-10432 and LC-M33-10433). Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Solomon's Pools & ancient aqueducts. Section of Arrub aqueduct along A...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Museum (Rockefeller) in Jerusalem. Museum. Telephoto from Mount of Oli...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jews' wailing place, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Arab demonstration at Yatta. Peasant reading propaganda sheet prepared...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Dec. 18, '38. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Interior of peasant home at Beit Sahur
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Dome of the Rock (close) showing Dome of the Chain
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 Visitation II
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. The Visitation is a scene in the New Testament that depicts the meeting between Mary, the mother of... More
Bethlehem mother of pearl workers
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
St. Andrews Church, Jerusalem. Dedication with H.E. i.e., His Excellen...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Broadcasting studio. English Children's hour, celebrating its 3rd birt...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Old City J'lem i.e., Jerusalem. Eric Matson public domain photograph c...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Galilee. Tiberias & Hattin, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Photograph shows the Horns of Hattin. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Oct. 1934. 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.
General i.e., General view of citadel, Jerusalem
Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939].
Ramleh Tel-Aviv. Allenby Square
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Arab demonstration at Yatta. General O'Conner speaking to the crowd fr...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Dec. 18, '38. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. Panorama in two ...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: In centre of the picture is the power house, to the right cooling tower, next is the stores and ... More
Palestine disturbances 1936. Scene near the entrance of the fair Tel A...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Radio artists, PBS i.e., Palestine Broadcasting Service, Jerusalem
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