Sinai. Wilderness of Shur. Exodus 15:22
Title from: Matson color slides and filmstrips of Bible Lands ... , the Matson Photo Service. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez at one of the coastal or inland plains(?), possibly ... More
Sinai. Wilderness of Sin. Exodus 16:1
Title from: Matson color slides and filmstrips of Bible Lands ... , the Matson Photo Service. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez at one of the coastal or inland plains(?), possibly ... More
Sinai. Ain Gedeirat, near source of the spring. Num. 20:11
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
Sinai. Wady Feiran, el Mahrad, Peran
Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at the junction with Wadi A'liyat and the vicinity of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking west ... More
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
Sinai. Wady Feiran, Bedouin tents
Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim), possibly, downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feiran Oasis somewhere in the vicinity of the close localities of El Nakhila, El Hswa, El ... More
Prince & D'essais? of Zanzibar, Israel
Title from negative sleeve. Caption on negative: Prince & D'essais - Zanzibar, Zanzibar Prince Fauner [?]. Film negatives taped to glass backing. Two different images on the same plate. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sinai. Hill of Aaron. Exodus 32:4
Title from: Matson color slides and filmstrips of Bible Lands ... , the Matson Photo Service. Photograph taken from the outlet of Wadi El Dier (Biblical Holy Valley) at the junction with Wadi El Sheikh, looking... More
Church of Holy Sepulchre and surroundings. Sepulchre Church. Easter cr...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?] No. 2910. In album: Easter services in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1941, no. 2910 , [p. 33, top]. Forms part of: G. Eric and Edith Matson ... More
![[Photograph showing a group of men watching as one man uses a flame thrower to control locusts]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvcGhvdG9ncmFwaC1zaG93aW5nLWEtZ3JvdXAtb2YtbWVuLXdhdGNoaW5nLWFzLW9uZS1tYW4tdXNlcy1hLWZsYW1lLXRocm93ZXItYzI3YTczLTEwMjQuanBn/40/53/webp "[Photograph showing a group of men watching as one man uses a flame thrower to control locusts]")
[Photograph showing a group of men watching as one man uses a flame th...
On verso: Copyright, the Matson Photo Service, Jerusalem Palestine. Forms part of: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Opening of Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway, 1920
Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Sir Herbert Samuel on train. Similar image in LOT 13827, p. 60, no. 189 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/... More
Opening of Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway, 1920
Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Caption for similar image in LOT 13827, p. 60, no. 189 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13290) :... More
Opening of Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway, 1920
Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Caption for similar image in LOT 13827, p. 60, no. 189 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13290) S... More
Opening of Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway, 1920
Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Caption for similar image in LOT 13827, p. 60, no. 189 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13290): Si... More
Opening of Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway, 1920
Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Caption for similar image in LOT 13827, p. 60, no. 189 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13290) : ... More
Opening of Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway, 1920
Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Caption for similar image in LOT 13827, p. 60, no. 189 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13290) :S... More
Opening of Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway, 1920
Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946]. Similar image in LOT 13827, p. 60, no. 189 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.13290) Sir Herbert Sam... More
Churchill, Lawrence & the Emir Abdullah
Photograph shows T.E. Lawrence walking with Emir Abdullah in the garden of Government House, Jerusalem, as Winston Churchill walks ahead of them. Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v... More
Mrs. Brancker?, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from paper label. On box label: duplicate Africa negatives. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Looking towards the Mediterranean from Broummana, panorama in three se...
Title based on caption for similar image (LC-M351-48002-x). Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ceiling picture of German emperor. & empress in Augusta Victoria Stift...
Title from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Identified as Augusta Victoria Stiftung based on captions for similar images LC-M32-4095-4097. On negative: 16-C (crossed out). Gift; Epi... More
![Aussi [i.e., Australian] soldiers cheering Menzies & Blamey](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvYXVzc2ktaWUtYXVzdHJhbGlhbi1zb2xkaWVycy1jaGVlcmluZy1tZW56aWVzLWFuZC1ibGFtZXktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Aussi [i.e., Australian] soldiers cheering Menzies & Blamey")
Aussi [i.e., Australian] soldiers cheering Menzies & Blamey
Photo shows the Matson Photo Service store on first floor of building (formerly the Fast Hotel).
Mr. Clark laying cornestone of Barclay's Bank? 1930
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Guide card: Barclay's Bank. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Tent interior, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. On negative: 1930 or 1932. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Zerka-Main & Machaerus, also Zerka (town), T-J i.e., Transjordan, Nov....
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
Cornerstone of Municipal Office Building
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Guide card: Balfour visit. On guide card: 1921. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
![Mr. Menzies, Aust. [i.e., Australian] Prime Minister & General Blamey on balcony of Aust. [i.e., Australian] Club, Jerusalem](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvbXItbWVuemllcy1hdXN0LWllLWF1c3RyYWxpYW4tcHJpbWUtbWluaXN0ZXItYW5kLWdlbi1ibGFtZXktb24tYmFsY29ueS1vZi1hdXN0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/webp "Mr. Menzies, Aust. [i.e., Australian] Prime Minister & General Blamey on balcony of Aust. [i.e., Australian] Club, Jerusalem")
Mr. Menzies, Aust. [i.e., Australian] Prime Minister & General Blamey ...
Photo shows the Matson Photo Service store on first floor of building (formerly the Fast Hotel).
Beth Shemesh, May 1931 - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Caption on negative: Bethshemesh, May 1931. Guide card: Beth Shemesh. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beth Shemeth, 1931, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. On negative: 1931. Guide card: Beth Shemesh. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beth Shemesh, 1931, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Caption on negative: Bethshems, May 1931. Guide card: Beth Shemesh. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beth Shemeth, May 1931 - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. On negative: Bethshems, May 1931. Guide card: Beth Shemesh. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beth Shemesh--Shems, May 1931 - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Caption on negative: Beth Shems, May 1931. Guide card: Beth Shemesh. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beth Shemeth, May 1931 - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. On negative: Bethshems, May 1931. Guide card: Beth Shemesh. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Arrival of Sir Arthur Wauchope as High Commissioner for Palestine
Photograph shows Sir Arthur Wauchope taking the oath of office at inaugural ceremony at Government House, Jerusalem. (Source: Similar Matson negative: LC-M32-4175) Creator name based on date. Title from negativ... More
Beth Shemesh, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Guide card: Beth Shemesh. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beth Shemesh, Bethshems, 1931 - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Caption on negative: Bethshems, Mar. 1931. Guide card: Beth Shemesh. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Beth Shemesh, May 1931 - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Caption on negative: Bethshems, May 1931. Guide card: Beth Shemesh. 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. 50. 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. 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.
British gov't. i.e., government house, Jerusalem, 1932
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
British gov't. i.e., government house, Jerusalem, 1932
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Rutenberg Works, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. Guide card: Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit. 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
British gov't. i.e., government house, Jerusalem, 1932
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. 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.
British government house, Jerusalem, 1932
Creator name based on date. Title from negative sleeve. On negative: 15. 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. 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.
Jerusalem, British government house, 1932
Photograph shows the "Oriental fireplace" in Government House (High Commissioner's residence) in Jerusalem, which was created by David Ohannessian. (Source: researcher Sato Moughalian) Creator name based on dat... More
Bedouin girl & sheep. Shepherdess spinning - stereocsopic card
Title from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Source for date: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009 and similar Matson negative (LC-M32-8772). 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.
Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit
Creator name based on date. Title from guide card. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
View of Beirut, Lebanon, Matson photograph collection
(Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009 and similar Matson negative: LC-M32-3574) Title from photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939] misidentifies location as: Tiberias and the Se... More
Haifa from Mt. Carmel. American colony in Jerusalem public domain phot...
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title and date based on caption for similar image (LC-M32-9452-A). Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Egypt. Cairo. Tomb-mosque of Sultan el-Asraf
Title based on captions for similar images (LC-M32-8861 and LC-M32-8859). Original title from photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939], misidentifies building as Mosque of Mohammed Ali. Date... More
Damascus Gate. Bedouins unloading wheat-laden camels
Title based on caption for similar image (LC-M32-2952). Title in photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939] misidentifies scene as "Damascus Gate with rows of auto cars." Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Allenby bridge under test - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title and date from caption for similar negative (LC-M32-9525) in photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Note in logbook: "Placed in collection" shows that this negative taken between 1934... More
Interior of a peasant home at Beit Sahur
Title based on caption for similar images (LC-M32-10112-A and LC-M32-10112). On negative: 10112-A. On guide card: Misc. copy negs. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Scots Mission Hospital, Tiberias. Bedouin women at the clinic, waiting
Title based on caption for similar image (LC-M32-7831). Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. Panorama in thre...
Title devised by Library Staff based on information for similar image (LC-M32-9326-B). On guide card: Dead Sea Potash works. 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).
Jewish homes in tenement building, Bukharan Quarter, Jerusalem
Title and date from caption for similar Matson negative: LC-M33-10224. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Haifa and harbor from Mt. Carmel
Title and date based on caption for similar image (LC-M32-9458). On negative sleeve: Haifa?. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The Temple area. Mosque al-Aqsa, interior. Chapel of Omar. Omar's mihr...
(Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009 and similar Matson negative: LC-M31-93). Caption from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939], misidentifies location as "Mihrab in shrine... More
Summit of Mount Hermon, Israel
Photograph showing convolutions of rock formation on Mount Hermon summit. On verso Copyright, the Matson Photo Service, Jerusalem, Palestine. Forms part of: G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection (Libr... More
![[A scene from a reenactment of the biblical story of Ruth the Moabitess, showing Bethlehem women in traditional headdresses dancing at a wedding]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYvYS1zY2VuZS1mcm9tLWEtcmVlbmFjdG1lbnQtb2YtdGhlLWJpYmxpY2FsLXN0b3J5LW9mLXJ1dGgtdGhlLW1vYWJpdGVzcy1zaG93aW5nLWU5NzNhYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[A scene from a reenactment of the biblical story of Ruth the Moabitess, showing Bethlehem women in traditional headdresses dancing at a wedding]")
[A scene from a reenactment of the biblical story of Ruth the Moabites...
Original negative: LC-M33-13551. Source for title: Caption for similar image (LC-M33-13551). On verso: Copyright, the Matson Photo Service, Jerusalem, Palestine. No. 33. Caption in booklet "Ruth the Moabitess"... More
Moat of Sahyun Crusader Castle - stereocsopic card
Title from negative sleeve. On negative envelope: Lumiere colorfilm of the Moat of Sahyun Crusader Castle. On negative: 2. Qal'at Salahuddin. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Egypt. Cairo. Tomb-mosque of Sultan el-Asraf
Title based on captions for similar images (LC-M32-8861 and LC-M32-8859). Title in photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939], misidentifies building as the Mosque of Mohammed Ali. Date from p... More
Police and guards in road next to a concrete guard tower with sign poi...
Date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Caption from logbook misidentifies image as Scots Mission Hospital. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Yemenite scribes of the Torah, the son
Title and date from similar Matson negative: LC-M33-10409. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Lebanese soldiers clearing the motor road
13458 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption continues: Photographer was snowed in for 2 days when no cars could come through. Stamp: C[opyright] the Matson Photo Service. No. 13458. Forms part of: G. Eric and Edith M... More
Pyramids of Gizeh. Two great pyramids from end of train line
Title from photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bethlehem. Church of Nativity. Colonnade in Church of the Nativity wit...
Title and date based on caption for similar image (LC-M34-9851). On transparency: 1280. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jewish settlement of Gath (near ancient Gath), east of Gaza road
Residential section of Gat settlement, sparse trees and vegetation in background. 13408 U.S. Copyright Office. 13408a U.S. Copyright Office. Title from verso of item. Two photographs attached by tape to form a ... More
Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. An effect in the...
Title based on information for similar image: LC-M32-9338. On guide card: Dead Sea Potash Works. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Allenby Street Tel Aviv. Eric Matson public domain photograph collecti...
Title from negative. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978. Date from photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]. Title in photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 1, [1934-1939]: Tel Aviv,... More
G.P.O. i.e., Government Printing Office
Title from negative sleeve. Source for date: researcher M. Levin, 2006. Guide card: Government printing office and post office. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Dead Sea album prepared for the Palestine Potash Ltd. Carnallite pans ...
Title devised by library staff based on information for similar image (LC-M32-9328). Photograph of this image found in LOT 13857, no. 9328. On guide card: Dead Sea Potash Works. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ashkenazim i.e., Ashkenazi Jew in his home (scribe)
Title and date from similar Matson negative: LC-M33-10228. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bukharan Jewish washerwoman, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Photograph shows Jewish Bukharan woman washing clothes in a tub in the Bukharan Quarter, Jerusalem. Title and date from caption for similar Matson negative: LC-M33-10266. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
St. Andrews Church, Jerusalem. From across the valley
Title and date based on caption for similar image (LC-M32-7532). On negative sleeve: Church of St. Andrews?. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Traditional place of Zacharia's retirement (Ain Habis, west of Ain Kar...
Photograph showing a monk descending steps outside Saint John in the Desert Monastery, Ain Habis (Spring of the Hermit). Title from caption on envelope. No. 12. On verso: Copyright, the Matson Photo Service, J... More