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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

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. El-Kaa, the Wilderness...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez at one of the coastal or inland plains(?), possibly El Raha Plain (Ahtha) the n... More

To Sinai by car. Ain Kadeis. One of the small sources

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken in the vicinity of the water spring of Ain Qideis, and showing the mainstream of Wadi Qideis in th... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Bedouin camp

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the perimeter of the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula(?), looking southwards and showing a w... More

Flight to Ma'an el-Hadj, Petra, Wadi Rum and Akaba. Gulf of Akaba. Wes...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Aerial photograph taken over the outlet of Wadi Taba (alluvial plain) into the Gulf of Aqaba, looking northwest and showing the west coast of ... More

Nekhel. Ancient pilgrim fortress showing main entrance and corner towe...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the southeastern side of Nakhl fortress, looking north and showing southern corner of the mai... More

To Sinai via the desert. One of Serbal's five peaks

Photograph taken below one of the crown-shape summit of Gebel Serbal. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Wadi El Sheikh and Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim of Amalek) were the upland section of D... More

Flight to Ma'an el-Hadj, Petra, Wadi Rum and Akaba. El Nekhl. In cente...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Aerial photograph taken over Nakhl on Darb El Hagg, looking northwest and showing the desert town of Nakhl in Central Sinai in the centre (the ... More

To Sinai by car. Ain Gedeirat. The augmented stream further down the v...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the central section of Wadi El Qusaima (El Qadeirat) in the vicinity of Ain El Qadeirat water... More

El-Kuntilla. Police station. A frontier post on Sinai boundary

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken in the vicinity of the Egyptian desert frontier outpost of Taba(?), looking east and showing the c... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Typical scene around t...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken in the oasis of Wadi Feiran or Wadi EL Sheikh(?), where there is an abundant palm and Tarfaa grove... More

Francis Frith - Mount Serbál, from the Wádee Feyrán Frith

Photograph shows rocky landscape with a tree in the foreground and mountains in the background. Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feira... More

To Sinai by car. Ain Gedeirat. Source of the spring

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the central section of Wadi El Qusaima (El Qadeirat) at Ain El Qadeirat water spring, showing... 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

To Sinai by car. Ain Gedeirat. Possibly Kadesh Barnea of Num. 32:8, et...

To Sinai via the desert. Jebel Tahuneh.

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) at the junction with Wadi A'liyat and to the north of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking north... More

To Sinai by car. Ain Gedeirat. The large pool

To Sinai by car. Ain Kadeis at the head of the valley

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken in the vicinity of Wadi Qideis, looking east (?) and showing the mainstream of the valley in the f... More

To Sinai via the desert. El-Medawa summit of Jebel Serbal

Photograph taken from the crown-shape summit of Gebel Serbal (El Madhawwa). (Source: A. Shams, Sinai Peninsula Research, 2018) Wadi El Sheikh and Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim of Amalek) were the upland sectio... More

In the Sinai, 16th century. 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. Photograph taken from the central section of Wadi El Qusaima (El Qadeirat) in the vic... More

In the Sinai, 16th century. American colony in Jerusalem public domain...

To Sinai via the desert. Jebel Serbal from Wady Feiran

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) downstream area to the west of the dense palm grove of Feiran Oasis, somewhere in the vicinity of the close localities of El Hswa, El Khataten, El Mgrahein ... More

To Sinai by car. El Kossaima. Distant view looking eastward toward Ain...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the frontier centre of El Qusaima to the west, looking east and showing the spring and orchar... More

To Sinai via the desert. Wady Feiran and Jebel Serbal

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) between Dier El Banat ( to the south) and Sheikh Ahmed and Sheikh Shebib Bedouin cemetery (to the north), where a dense palm grove covers that section of F... More

In the Sinai, 16th century. 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. Photograph taken in the vicinity of the water spring of Ain Qideis, and showing the m... More

To Sinai by car. Route from El Kossaima to Ain Kadeis

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken in the vicinity of Wadi Geisi between Ain El Qadeirat and Ain Qideis water spring, looking south-s... More

To Sinai by car. El Kossaima. The rest house

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from the frontier centre of El Qusaima, showing the administrative and residential building(s) (re... More

Sinai. Ain Gedeirat, Kadesh Barnea. Num. 20:1

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Enclosure where the da...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Enclosure where dates are dried (crossed out). On negative: 1523 (crossed out). Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph tak... More

Sinai. Oasis in Wady Feiran, and Jebel Serbal

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Caring for sick camel

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Caring for a sick camel (crossed out). On negative: 1526 (crossed out). Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken in Wa... More

To Sinai via the desert. Wilderness of Shur

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Wilderness of Shur. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of Suez at one of ... More

Sinai. Junction of Wady Feiran and Wady Aleyat

Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran at the foot of Gebel Tahuna in the vicinity of Tell El Mahrad, where the palm grove becomes sparse at the eastern edge of Feiran Oasis, looking south and showing the crown-shap... More

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Dates spread out to dr...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Dates spread out to dry (crossed out). On negative: 1524 (crossed out). Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken in Wa... More

To Sinai via the desert. Grand view from Jebel Serbal

Photograph taken from the crown-shape summit of Gebel Serbal (El Madhawwa), looking northeast and showing section of the summit from the right to the centre and the vicinity of the upstream tributary (El Loza s... More

Sinai. Jebel Tahuneh (Hill of Moses). American Colony, Jerusalem

Series of first aerial photographs of Palestine and Syria. Volcano and...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To Sinai via the desert. Statue of Waghorn at Port Tewfik

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: [Sta]tue of Waghorn at Port Tewfik. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Sinai's western coast on the Gulf of... More

Palästina in bild und wort - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Co...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hallberger, E.

Series of first aerial photographs of Palestine and Syria. Volcano and...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Volcano and crater in the Hauran Mountains 1800. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Citadel of Jerusalem without the walls

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 1, pts. 1-2, p. 13. Surrog... More

The Pool of Bethesda Jerusalem April 12th 1839 / David Roberts.

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Citadel of Jerusalem April 19 1841

David Roberts - Louis Haghe - Gaza, March 21st 1839 / David Roberts, R...

Gaza, Palestine. Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 2, pts. ... More

[The Marriage at Cana] - Public domain scan / engraving

Engraving by C. Cort after a painting of Lorenzo Sabbatini. LeBlanc 64; Bierens 58 (4th State). Romae apud Carolum Losi 1773. Signed and dated on plate. Inscription: Hoc fecit initium...goriam suam. Coll. mark ... More

Honorable Jas. Cameron Allen. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civi...

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. M.C. Ill. (Presented credentials as a Member elect to 34th Congress and served from March 4, 1855 to July 18, 1856 when the House decided he was not entitle... More

The Golden Gate. Jerusalem - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

No. 587. On verso: Golden Gate. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, w... More

Mosque of Asha. Jerusalem - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Exterior view of al-Aqṣá Mosque. No. 586. On verso: Mosque of Aksa. Jerusalem.

Francis Frith - Tombs in the southern cemetery, Cairo

Third view. Photograph by Francis Frith. Illus. in: Francis Frith, Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine, supplementary volume, 1857. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.;... More

Francis Frith - Tombs in the southern cemetery, Cairo

[Nazareth] / P. Bergheim.. Cityscape photograph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 122. "No. 53" written in image.

Palestine. Moabitez Theatre / Dumas.

Rubble and remains of the Moabitez (Moabites?) Theatre, possibly in Jordan. No. 401.

[Golden Gate. Exterior] / P. Bergheim.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 109. "No. 21" written in image.

Cairo. Street view - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 138. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

[Damascus Gate] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Public domain image of a historic building, 13th, 14th, and 15th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Pool of Bethesda] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 101. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

[Tower of Hippicus or of David. Built in time of Herod] / P. Bergheim.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 92. "No. 2" written in image.

[Dome of the Chain - Dome of the Rock] / P. Bergheim.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 105. "No. 10" written in image.

[St. Stephen's gate] / P. Bergheim.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 107. "No. 19" written in image.

[General view of Jerusalem from North East] / P. Bergheim.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 87. "No. 49" written in image.

[Fountain of Kait Bey] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 104. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

Architecture - North Africa and Middle East

Earth and rock dwellings in semi-arid area, possibly Palestine. Public domain photograph - historical image of Israel, Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Virgin's tomb. Mount of Olives - Gethsemane] / P. Bergheim.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Portrait photo of Patriarque Maronite Jerusalem / Dumas Ph.

Maronite patriarch, half-length portrait, facing front. No. 2132. On verso: Maronite Patriarch. Asia. Syria-Natives. Palestine. Jerusalem.

[View of Jerusalem walls from the southwest. Valley of Hinnora and low...

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 88. "No. 31" written in image.

Grand Temple de Zeus, Jerash, Palestine / Dumas.

Rubble at the base of a Temple of Zeus, Gerasa, Jordan. On mount: Thomas Wilson, Washington, D.C. No. 42.

[Group of Bedouin women huddled together, two standing, others seated]...

Title devised by library staff. On verso: Asia. Natives. Palestine. Hourani? Bedouins.

Cairo. Tombs of the caliphs - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 152. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

[Zion Gate] / P. Bergheim. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 121. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

[Church of the Holy Sepulchre, principal door] / P. Bergheim.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 95. "No. 4?" written in image.

Famme de Bethlem / Dumas Ph. - Public domain portrait photograph

Woman from Jerusalem, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, holding rosaries. No. 2171. On verso: Asia. Syria-Natives. Palestine. Bethlehem Woman.

Francis Frith - The Great Pyramid, from the plain

Photo by Francis Frith. Illus. in: Francis Frith, Egypt, Sinai and Palestine. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: P&P Case; Photog. I.; Egypt...; Geogr.; Shelf.

[General view of the Haram or Moriah. El Aksa - Omar - Church of St. A...

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 103. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

Jerusalem / Frank M. Good, Phot. ; London.

City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Tower of Antonia] / P. Bergheim.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 100. "No. 7" written in image.

[Hebron] / P. Bergheim.. Cityscape photograph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 123. "No. 43" written in image.

[Pool of Hezekiah, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and Hospice of the Kn...

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 93. "No. 3" written in image.

[Near St. Stephen's gate. Tower of Antonia, outside of walls] / P. Ber...

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 111. "No. 20" written in image.

[Mosque El Aksa] / P. Bergheim.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 106. "No. 12"? written in image.

Cairo. Mosque of Sultan Darkhour

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 141. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

[Tomb of Absalom] / P. Bergheim.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 116. "No. 25" written in image.

[Tomb of David] / P. Bergheim. - Public domain albumen print photogrpa...

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 126. "No. 32" written in image.

Femme de Jerusalem / Dumas Ph. - Public domain portrait photograph

Woman from Jerusalem, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding rosary. No. 2138. On verso: Asia. Syria-Natives. Palestine. Jerusalem Woman.

Cairo. General view, with pyramids in distance

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 136. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

Cairo. Mosque of Kaget Bey, Arab village

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 151. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

[Jews' wailing place] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 102. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of ... More

[Jaffa gate] / P. Bergheim. - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 90. "No. 7" written in image.

[Masjid al-Aqṣá] / P. Bergheim.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 127. "No. 34" written in image.

Francis Frith - Nablous, the ancient Shechem

Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 27].

Francis Frith - The Valley of Jehoshaphat, Jerusalem

The Valley of Jehoshaphat showing tombs, olive trees, and stream, Jerusalem. Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 15].

Francis Frith - The great pyramid, from the plain

Photoprint by Francis Frith. Illus. in: Francis Frith, Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine, 1862(?). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Egypt Antiquities; Ph. Ind.

Francis Frith - Convent of Mar-Saba Frith

View of Mar Saba and the Kidron Valley. Signed and numbered (P126) on glass plate. Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 25].

Francis Frith - The village of Siloam and Valley of Kidron Frith

Signed and numbered (197) on glass plate. Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 16].

Francis Frith - Baalbec, from the south / Frith.

Signed and numbered (P1..(?)) on glass plate. Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 34].

Francis Frith - St. Paul's Wall, Damascus Frith

In the center background is the portion of the wall over which St. Paul escaped from "the military guard of Aretas", at the time, ruler of Damascus. Signed and numbered (P131) on glass plate. Published in: Sina... More

Francis Frith - The Wadee el-Mukattab, Sinai Frith

Rock formation with Sinaitic inscriptions, also scrub growth, in a region noted for natural caves. Photograph taken from Wadi Muktab central area, looking north and showing Gebel Merzika in the background from ... More

Francis Frith - The Mosque of Aksa, Jerusalem Frith

Walls and buildings of the Masjid al-Aqṣá in Jerusalem. Signed on glass plate. Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 14].

Francis Frith - Jerusalem, from Mount Scopus / Frith.

Distant view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Signed and numbered on glass plate. Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William Mackenzie, [1862?, pl. 12].

Francis Frith - View at Hebron Frith

View from a distance of the Jewish quarter of Hebron with rock strewn landscape in the foreground. Signed and numbered (P123) on glass plate. Published in: Sinai and Palestine / Francis Frith. London : William ... More

Francis Frith - Crocodile on a sand bank

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