To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. In the footsteps of fa...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: In the Fo[otsteps] of his father, Bedouin boy with camel. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from a low elevated... More
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.
Set of paintings of Christ's passion, by Kosheleff, in Russian Hospice...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. On negative: 1122. On negative sleeve: Painting #1363. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
St. Paul's Hospice near Damascus Gate
Title from copy print verso. Original title from Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914: Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Damascus Gate. Caption on negative sleeve: St. Paul's Hospice near the Damas... More
Bethlehem (Beit-Lahm) and surroundings. Christmas day American Colony,...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Christmas day Bethlehem. Copy print verso: Palestine, Bethlehem, Christmas procession. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Via Dolorosa. Fifth Station of the Cross
Title from: list, Negatives ... from our art catalogue. Date based on caption for similar image (LC-M36-359-C). Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Temple Area from St. Stephen's Gate
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: General view of Temple area. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sinai. Greek monks at the modern entrance Monastery of St. Catherine A...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: 4 Greek Orth. [i.e., Orthodox ] monks, St. Cath[erine], Mt. Sinai. Photograph taken from in front of northwestern ... More
Northern views. Gideon's Fountain ('Ain Jalud)
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative sleeve: Gideon's Fountain. On negative sleeve: 5414. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). View looking east from Olivet, showing Jordan Va...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Jericho Plain and Dead Sea f[rom] Olivet. Copy print verso: View looking east from Olivet showing Jordan Valley, D... More
On the way to Jericho (Er-Riha), Jordan, etc. Russian pilgrims at the ...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem, Israel, Matson photograph collection
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.
Bethpage i.e., Bethphage from Olivet, Jerusalem
Title from negative and list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. On negative: 2970. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Towers of David and Hippicus. American Colony, J...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Tower of David and Hippicus. Copy print verso: Tower of David and Tower of Hippicus, Jerusalem. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Costumes and characters, etc. Bedouin warrior American Colony, Jerusal...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Bedouins warrior. Copy print verso: Bedouin warrior. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Soldiers on front of the Mosque of Omar i.e., Dome of the Rock, Jerusa...
Title from negative sleeve and 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.
Tower of Jezreel Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. Caption on negative sleeve: Tower of Jezreel. Gi... More
Castina, Israel, Matson photograph collection - stereocsopic card
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 13816-13914. Caption on negative: Castinia. On negative: 782. American Colony, Jerusalem. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
North Palestine botanical trip before 1917
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. On guide card: Taken on North Palestine botanical trip before 1917. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Fifth Station American Colony, Jerusalem
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Fifth Station. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Egyptian views; Cairo (Masr). Kasr En-Nil, bridge over the Nile
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. The excavations at Samaria. Wall of the Greek fortress
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Road to Jericho, Jordan, etc. Road from Jerusalem to Jericho
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Road between Jerusalem and Jericho. On negative: Another caption reads: 32 Good Samaritan's Inn. On negative sleeve: 6/92.... More
East of the Jordan and Dead Sea. The temple of Jerash
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On negative: 1329 (crossed out). Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Around the Dead Sea. Jebel Usdum, entrance to the caves
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Jebel Usdum, entrance to Cave. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Road to Jericho, Jordan, etc. Mt. of Temptation, general view
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On negative: See X-6 - The film copy. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jaffa (Joppa) and environs. The rocks in a storm
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date based on similar image in LOT 13846, p. 7, no. 4 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18417) Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Wild flowers of Palestine. Onopordon (cotton-thistle). (O. heteracanth...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. Church on Mt. Tabor
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jew of Jerusalem; Jude von Jeusalem; Juif de Jérusalem / American Colo...
Bearded rabbi, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. 1914 cat. no. 554. Handwritten on recto, lower left: American Colony, Jerusalem. On mount label: Original negative LC-M32-540 (neg. badly damaged). Fo... More
Ruins and Mt. of Temptation - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title based on caption for similar image (LC-M32-245). Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 2313. On accompanying print: Jerus & vic [i.... More
Religious paintings in Palestine. "Abide with us," by Fürst
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: "Abide with Us," by Furst. On negative sleeve: # matched to catalogue. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Costumes, characters, etc. Sword dance in procession Nebi Musa process...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Sword dance in procession. Identified as Nebi Musa procession based on captions for negatives with neighboring numbers. Da... More
Church of the Holy Sepulchre and surroundings. Byzantine capital
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
? ready but where are the reapers."
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Caption from catalog: Costumes, characters, etc. "The harvest is ready but where are the reapers?". Gift; Episcopal... More
Weli of Budrieh at Sherafat and the preparing of a sacrifice. The cour...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: [...]ward. Date from Matson LOT cards. Location also known as Sharafat. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Aleppo (Haleb) and environs. Moselmieh, bee-hive village on Baghdad Ra...
Photograph shows beehive houses near Aleppo, Syria. Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Moselmieh. Bee-hive village on [...]. On negative: 1689, 1691. Date fr... More
To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Wady Er-Raha, Plain of...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Photograph taken from the southwestern side of EL Raha Plain (Biblical encampment of the Israelites), looking northwest and showing the twin su... More
Northern views. Boat filled with fish Tiberias
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: [F]ish. Identified as Tiberias based on captions for negatives with neighboring numbers. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift;... More
Bedouins of the Arakat tribe. Bedouinen vom stamm Arfat. Escorte de Be...
Bedouin men standing and sitting in a rocky area, some armed with rifles, swords, and knives. On mount label: Original negative LC-M36-607 (Neg. only of 3 men on left). Forms part of: G. Eric and Edith Matson ... More
Tomb of the Soldier - stereocsopic card
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Caption on negative sleeve: Petra. "Tomb of the Soldier". Caption from catalog: Petra in Transjordan. Tomb of the S... More
Along the sea coast. Crusader church at Athlit
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Old Crusader Church, Athlit. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. Chapel of the Carpenter Shop, interior
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra in Transjordan. Tomb with obelisks
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Tomb with obelisks. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The Samaritan Passover on Mt. Gerizim. Preparing the carcass
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On negative: 49, 54-1916. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Wild flowers of Palestine. Shaggy convolvulus (C. hirsutus Stev.)
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Convolvulus (C. hirsutus Stev). Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Costumes, characters, etc. Camel suckling her young
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Camel suckling her young. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
East of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Capitals of the colonnade, Amman
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Capitals of the colonnade, Amman. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
To Sinai via the desert. Wady Shellal
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Photograph taken from the downstream area of Wadi El Shellal (and Wadi Sahou) above its junction with Naqb Budra, looking northeast and showing... More
Around the Dead Sea. Wady Zerka Main
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Wady Zerka Main. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. Ruins of Shiloh (Seilun)
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative sleeve: Shiloh. N. Palestine. On negative: 4073. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. Gardens of Shunem - stereocsopic card
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Among the Gardens of Shunem. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. Joseph's Well at Dothan
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Joseph's Well at Dothan. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Wild flowers of Palestine. Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L)
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds), approach to the city. Jaffa Gate, near view
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: [...] View. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Winter crocus (Crocus hyemalis Boiss. et Bl.)
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On negative: 24. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beirut. The American University - stereocsopic card
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On negative: 3172 (crossed out), 4280. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The terrible plague of locusts in Palestine, March-June 1915. The craw...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative sleeve: Crawling locust. Caption from catalog: The terrible plague of locusts in Palestine, March-June 1915. The crawling l... More
Jerusalem water works. Filling waterskins at Damascus Gate
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On negative sleeve: 9/92. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Various results of the war. Consecrating war cemetery at Gaza
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Consecrating war cemetery at Gaza. On negative: 26. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ruins of Jerash (Gerasa). Jerash mosaic. Section showing river, water-...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Printing of Palestine 1st stamps. Aug. 24, 1920
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 12961-13944. Caption continues from catalog: M3201. Caption on negative sleeve: Printing of Palestine first stamps. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The Temple area. Mosque el Aksa i.e., al-Aqsa, Interior. Details of pu...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Damascus and environs. Damascus. The main boulevard
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The Keren Hayesod. Agricultural Colonies on Plain of Esdraelon "The Em...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Zionist activities around Haifa. Haifa, school children on Carmel slop...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beit Ed-Din. The Shehab Palace (held as a national monument). Village
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
[Tractor disc plowing. On the great stretches of Esdraelon]
This record contains unverified data from caption card. Forms part of: the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. Caption card tracings: Israel Esdraelon, Plain of.; Palestine Jewish Colo[?]; Farms...
Jewish colonies and settlements. Commencing a Jewish settlement; a cam...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Motorboat trip around the Dead Sea. Jebel Usdum, salt stratifications....
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Newer Jerusalem and suburbs. The American Colony, courtyard. Nablus Ro...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Snow in Jerusalem in 1921. View of roof tops with mosque in the distan...
Title from neg. sleeve. Caption from list, Matson collection negative numbers 14565-15108: Jerusalem, new city. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem in snow. 1921 - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. Source of date: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009. (Clock tower removed in 1922.) Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or... More
12 mosaic domes of basilica i.e., Church of All Nations or Church of t...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Int[erior] of Basilica dome given by Canada (label). Canada. 2 right (on neg.). Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopa... More
The Palestine Electric Corporation power plant. The P.E.C. Jordan Cana...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption continues from catalog: Otherwise known as Rutenberg's Jordan power plant. On negative: No. 48. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episc... More
P.E.C. i.e., Palestine Electric Corporation
Title from negative sleeve. Guide card: P.E.C. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Tyropoeon Valley excavation, Israel, Matson photograph collection
(Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009) On negative sleeve: "Kedron Valley". Guide card: Excavation in Kedron [i.e., Kidron] Valley. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Lord and Lady Reading's visit to the P.E.C. i.e., Palestine Electric C...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On negative: 106 (crossed out), 19. Date from Matson LOT cards. 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, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. On negative sleeve: "X" numbers. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Orange grove, with figure, Israel
Title from negative sleeve. On negative sleeve: Finlay N. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Burning of threshing floors during Arab-Jew. i.e., Jewish riots Artuf
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. Identified as Artuf based on caption for negative with similar image (LC-M32-14614). Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Palestine events. The 1929 riots, August 23 to 31. Captain Hamilton co...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Locust plagues in Palestine. Methods of fighting the locust plague. Cu...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. On negative: 3879, 14. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Air views of Palestine. Aircrafts etc. of the Imperial Airways Ltd., o...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption continues from catalog: Air route from the sea of Galiliee following the Jordan Valley down to the Dead Sea, Jericho, etc. On negative:... More
Air views of Palestine. Newer Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Section near the S...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Air views of Palestine. Flying south over the Jordan Rift. The Jabbok ...
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. 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
Y.M.C.A. building in Jerusalem - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...
Title from guide card. Source for date: researcher M. Levin, 2006. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Iraq, men & horse next to river across from walled city
Title from negative sleeve. On negative sleeve: Dup. films. Taken between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, 1932. 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. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. Views, street scenes, and types. Iraq ty...
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.
Lion's den, Babylon, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative. Caption on negative sleeve: Iraq, lion's den, Babylon. On negative sleeve: Dup. films. Taken between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, 1932. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Air views of Palestine. Jaffa, Auji River and Levant Fair. Jaffa from ...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Iraq. Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. of...
Title from information for similar Matson negative LC-M33-4854 in: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?] and print of LC-M33-4854 found in LOT 11108, v. 11, no. 4854. On negative sleeve: Iraq, ... More
Down the Jordan Valley from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. New Et...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mobile medical unit for Bedouin tribes in Trans Jordan. The dispensary...
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Women's Institute, Jerusalem. One of the weaving rooms, 1 loom
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mt. Hermon from due east. Shrub oaks in foreground
Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.