"Ruth" story Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. On negative sleeve: Dups of this sent to Wash. D.C. On negative: 18. Gift; Episcopal ... More
Lord Balfour at the opening of Hebrew University
Standing in row, left to right: Lord Balfour, High Commissioner Herbert Samuel, Chancellor of Hebrew University Judah L. Magnes; and Chaim Weizmann. (Source: researcher N. Lavsky, 2007). (Source: researchers T... More
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.
Excavations at Tell Beit Mirsim (Kirjath-Sepher) 1926. Great high plac...
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
Excavations at Tell el-Nasbeh, "Mizpah?" Old cave unearthed
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption continues from catalog: Carried on by Dean Badè of the Pacific School of Religion, in 1926. Caption on negative: Old cave unearthed. Da... More
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.
Palestine events. The earthquake of July 11, 1927. Shattered remains o...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On negative: 25. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Haifa, 1927, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Guide card: Haifa. 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.
The Jordan Valley north of Lake Galilee. Jordan and Jisr Benat Yacoub....
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Jisr Banat Jaub. 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. 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. Babylon. Basalt lion marking Daniel's den
Title from negative sleeve. On negative sleeve: Iraq copy negs. Taken between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, 1932. 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.
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.
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.
Beersheba District. Main Street
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Taken in August of 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.
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.
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
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
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.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Interior of church showing Stone of Unct...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. 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.
Jerusalem & Olivet, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Pan. [i.e., panorama] in two sections from tower of Latin convent. Caption on negative: Sect. II... More
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.
Ain TÆbgha. Hospice gardens from hill above
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption on negative: 7168-C. 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.
El Aksa i.e., al-Aqsa Mosque. Cedar pulpit & mihrab showing old clock
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.
Copy of painting. "Suffer the little children to come unto me
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Given to us by Mrs. Einsler[?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Model of Lydda Air terminus with bld'g i.e., building
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. On negative sleeve: rear. 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.
Dead Sea. Kallia Hotel - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
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.
A Palestine Madonna, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Two photos are on one glass plate; left half shows LC-M32-10171-A; right half shows LC-M32-10171. 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.
Tile in the Armenian Cathedral of St. James, Jerusalem
Title and date based on captions for similar images (LC-M32-7059-A-F). On guide card: Armenian manuscript. 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.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Calvary. Showing all three altars
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. 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.
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.
Radio masts, Ramallah. Radio masts & station
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. On negative: See also page 26. 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.
Evening light on Moab Mts. from Neby Mousa i.e., Nebi Musa
Caption from catalog: Telephoto, foregorund all in shadow. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939].
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.
Pyramids of Gizeh. The three pyramids with "shaduf" in foreground
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Street in older Nazareth, vegetable market
Title from caption on envelope. On verso: Copyright, the Matson Photo Service, Jerusalem, Palestine. Forms part of: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
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.
Close up of section of city wall between Zion Gate and Dung Gate
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. 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.
Ain Geb. Jewish settlement on east side of S. Gal. i.e., Sea of Galile...
Photo shows future mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek (standing, second from right). (Source: For Jerusalem: a life by Teddy Kollek, 1978, p. 82) Also shows Mordechay (Mordi) Shai, seated in second row, right (be... More
New Hadassah University Medical Centre, Jerusalem (Scopus). The synago...
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.
Bethlehem woman in narrow street
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Shepherd's Field & Frank Mt - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: new negative. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. Panorama in thre...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption continues from catalog: Section one is taken looking due north whereas section three is looking due east. On negative: 9... More
Egypt. Ismailia. The War Monument south of Ismailia Lake. Entrance
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. 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.
Solomon's Pools & ancient aqueducts. General view of the three pools f...
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.