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Akka (Acre, Accho). The castle moat. On north side

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Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?].

On negative: 3586 (crossed out).

Date from Matson LOT cards.

Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

The G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection is a source of historical images of the Middle East. The majority of the images depict Palestine (present-day Israel and the West Bank) from 1898 to 1946. Most of the Library of Congress collection consists of over 23,000 glass and film photographic negatives and transparencies created by the American Colony Photo Department and its successor firm, the Matson Photo Service. The American Colony Photo Department in Jerusalem was one of several photo services operating in the Middle East before 1900. Catering primarily to the tourist trade, the American Colony and its competitors photographed holy sites, often including costumed actors recreating Biblical scenes. The firm’s photographers were residents of Palestine with knowledge of the land and people that gave them an advantage and made their coverage intimate and comprehensive. They documented Middle East culture, history, and political events from before World War I through the collapse of Ottoman rule, the British Mandate period, World War II, and the emergence of the State of Israel. The Matson Collection also includes images of people and locations in present-day Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Turkey. Additionally, the firm produced photographs from an East African trip. The collection came to the Library of Congress between 1966 and 1981, through a series of gifts made by Eric Matson and his beneficiary, the Home for the Aged of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Los Angeles (now called the Kensington Episcopal Home).

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01/01/1920
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Matson's Palestine

Matson Middle East Photographic Collection
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Acre (Israel)
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Library of Congress
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https://www.loc.gov/
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forts and fortifications moats palms israel acre dry plate negatives stereographs acre israel matson g eric and edith photograph collection american colony jerusalem photo dept photo castle moat ultra high resolution high resolution history of israel palestine jerusalem library of congress