To Sinai by car. El-Buab, "Gates" into Wadi Zeav
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Wadi Feiran (Biblical Rephidim) side of El Buwyb, looking southeast and showing the natural g... More
In the Sinai, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from Siqqat Sydina Musa along the Byzantine monastic and pilgrimage ... More
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
To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Diorite dyke in Wady E...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Photograph taken somewhere from Wadi Sulaf mainstream area between El Buwyb in the west and Sheihk Awad in the east. (Source: A. Shams, Sinai P... More
Sinai. Interior of the Church of the Tranfiguration at the Monastery o...
Title and date based on caption for similar image (LC-M36-1026). Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On box label: Duplicates. Use 8 x 10 paper on e... More
To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Pilgrim's steps and th...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Pilgrim's steps and the first gate. Date from Matson LOT cards. Photograph taken from Siqqat Sydina Musa along the Byzanti... More
Northern views. Ain Tabgha. Site of first century church
Photo shows a Byzantine church from approximately the 5th century. Identification as "first century church" in title is not correct. (Source: researchers T. Bolen and T. Powers, 2009) Title from: Catalogue of p... More
To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Monastery of St. Kathe...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: Monastery of St. Katherine from the east. Photograph taken from the slopes of Gebel El Dier (Selib-Baraka) to the north of... More
Around the Dead Sea (Bahr Lut). 'Ain Jiddy looking south
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative sleeve: The Dead Sea. On negative sleeve: Similar to 1223 p. 383 vol. II looking south from Ain Jiddy. Similar imag... More
Costumes, characters and ceremonies, etc. Harvesting
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Harvesting. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Street scene, probably Jerusalem
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Jerusalem from Junction of Valleys of Hinnom and...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Jerusalem from the junction of the valleys of Hinnom, Tyropaean and Jehosaphat. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
South end of Sea of Galilee - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: 2102. Guide card: Galilee fisherman. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sheep Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Antique glass, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Tiberias and Mt. Hermon - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from: list, Negatives ... from our art catalogue. Caption continues from catalog: telephoto. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal... More
Sinai, Egypt, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from the central section of EL Qa'a Plain, looking northeast and showing the vicinity of Wadi Hibran to the right, the square-shape summit of Gebel Serbal Umm Takha ... More
East of Jordan and the Dead Sea. Ruins of bath, Jerash American Colony...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Jerash, ruins of bath. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Cedars of Lebanon, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem from Gordon's Calvary
Title from negative. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 40. Guide card: Jerusalem cityscapes. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Antique glass, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bedouin boy wearing cartridge belt
Title from negative sleeve. Original title from Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914: Costumes and characters, etc. Bust of a Bedouin. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerash, Israel, Matson photograph collection - stereocsopic card
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: 3106 S. On negative: 3106. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ancient boundary line at Raffah, between Egypt and Palestine
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
General view of the Temple area
Title from negative. Original title from Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914: Jerusalem (El-Kouds). View of Temple area from Tower of Antonia. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bedouin women working primitive grainmill
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Title from negative sleeve. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sinai series, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. Photograph taken from Farsh Abu Sila at the southeastern end of Naqb El Hawa and at the junction with El Raha Plain (Biblical encampment of the Israelites) and Wadi Bougiyeh Wadi Bou... More
Arab woman, ceramics, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. On negative: 2952. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Hebron (El-Khalil). Tanning skins for water bottles American Colony, J...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Native tannery Hebron. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra. Gorge and tombs en route to Place of Sacrifice
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sheik of the Dome of the Rock Mosque
Title from: list, Negatives ... from our art catalogue. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Caravan Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from negative sleeve. On negative: 2847. On negative sleeve: 2847, 669A. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Series of prehistoric flints - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Palmyra. Section of outer colonnade temple enclosure
Title from: list, Photographic subjects of Bible Lands. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Baalbek (Heliopolis), etc. Cedars in the Lebanon
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Garden of Gethsemane, interior
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Famous religious paintings. The Sorrowful Mother, from Coreggio, in Ch...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative sleeve: Painting. On negative sleeve: B389. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Pilgrims carrying cross before Ecce Homo arch
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Buildings, monuments, landmarks. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. General view of Tiberias (Tabariyeh)
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Tiberias, gen[eral] view. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Tripoli? - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from negative sleeve. Original title in Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914, misidentifies location as Tomb of Hiram near Tyre. Copy print verso: Smyrna. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Colonnade and Pulpit of Omar
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Colonnade and Pulpit of Omar. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem Waterworks Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusale...
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
3 Bank officials Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Barclay's Bank. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sheep Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ain Farah water supply - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Ain Farah Waterworks. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. Ruins of Kadesh Naphtali American Colony, Jerusalem
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Ruins of Kadesh Nephtali. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Wife of a Bedouin chief holding sword
Title from negative sleeve. Original title from Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914: Costumes and characters, etc. Bust of a Bedouin woman. On negative sleeve: See M32-635 (same, p. 26... More
Sheep Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mosque of Omar i.e., Dome of the Rock from N
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: coloured. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Baalbek, Israel, Matson photograph collection - stereocsopic card
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 3253. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Baalbek (Heliopolis), etc. Columns of Temple of Bacchus
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. On negative: 31. Similar image in LOT 13847, p. 57, no. 28 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18419) Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mosque of Omar i.e., Dome of the Rock
Title from negative. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Temple Mount. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Mount of Olives, Jerusalem - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 13. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Tiberias, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Tiberias & Sea of Galilee. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra. Panorama of mountains of Petra, in three sections American Colo...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption continues from catalog: I. Copy print verso: Panorama of the mountains of Petra, Jordan. Center section. Center section of pano... More
East of Jordan and the Dead Sea. The forum at Jerash American Colony, ...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Jerash, forum. On negative: 743. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra, Siq entrance, Extinct City, Jordan
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from transparency sleeve. On transparency sleeve: Finlay p[ositive]. Nat. Geo.[i.e., National Geographic], ... More
Paintings, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: painting. B-385 dupl., use other. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jaffa (Joppa) and environs. Sailing vessel among the rocks
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Sailing vessel among the rocks, Jaffa. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Masada Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service Title from negative. Caption on negative sleeve: Dead Sea: Masada. On guide card: Dead Sea. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ear rings? Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sinai. Interior of the famous library Monastery of St. Catherine Ameri...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Identified as Monastery of St. Catherine based on captions for negatives with neighboring numbers. The library of Saint Catherine Monas... More
Nazareth, old city street - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Guide card: Nazareth. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Entrance of gateway to Castle, Aleppo
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: See 1761. Caption on negative: Entrance gateway to castle. Gift; ... More
Jerusalem (El-Kouds). Jerusalem from Gordon's Calvary
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative sleeve: N.W. section of Jerus. [i.e., Jerusalem] From Gordon's Calvary with garden encl[osure] of Garden Tomb in F.... More
Holy Sepulchre, the Tomb, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Title from negative. Original title from Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914: Jerusalem (El-Kouds). The Holy Sepulchre, front view. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Shepherd of Judea, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from: list, Negatives ... from our art catalogue. Caption on negative: Shepherd of Judea. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Shemen Ltd. Soap Works. Haifa - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 12961-13944. Caption on negative sleeve: "Shemen" Ltd, soap works. Haifa. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Ph... More
Antique glass, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Around the Dead Sea (Bahr Lut). Mouth of the River Arnon looking east
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sea of Galilee (Tiberias?) - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from negative sleeve. Date based on similar image in LOT 13846, p. 61, no. 31 (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18417) Guide card: Tiberias & Sea of Galilee. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Upper section of El-Khazne. Close side view, taken from precarious haz...
Title from negative. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Sheep grazing in field - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
On negative: 2909. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. Country of the Gadarenes
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Country of the Gadarenes. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Arab? woman weaving on a loom - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Petra, el-Khazne thru Sik. Glass transparencies. Public domain photogr...
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Title from transparency sleeve. On transparency sleeve: pos[itive]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
British royal family Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusale...
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Vendors with cauliflowers at outdoor market, Jerusalem?
On guide card: Various Tel Aviv, etc. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Arab girl, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 12961-13944. Caption continues from catalog: See A-393, p. 279. Caption on negative sleeve: From Matson's "Arab types" drawer. On negative: 2814. On negative... More
Costumes and characters, etc. Girls of Ramallah
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative sleeve: 2 in A.C. [i.e., American Colony] yard. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
T-J i.e., Transjordan - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: Unid[entified]. On negative: 2175. Guide card: Trans-Jordan, misc... More
Dead Sea, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Ruins in Syria?, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 2605. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Rock symbolic? Jerusalem, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Man standing among ruins - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service On negative: 50. On guide card: Misc. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Trees Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 3211. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bedouin women of southern Palestine - stereocsopic card
Title from: list, Negatives ... from our art catalogue. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem, Colonnade of el-Aksa - stereocsopic card
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 2102. Guide card: Temple Mount. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
The Citadel, Jerusalem, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jerusalem to Galilee via Samaria. Plain of Esdraelon. (Taken from the ...
Title from: list, Photographic subjects of Bible Lands. Caption on negative: Plain of Esdraelon. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
N. Palestine, Church of Annunciation (backview)
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative sleeve: See 346, p. 174. On negative: 4090. Guide card: Nazareth. Gift; E... More
Jaffa Gate Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusalem
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Caption on negative: Jaffa Gate. On negative: 12. Guide card: Gates of the City of Je... More
Bethlehem (Beit-Lahm) and surroundings. Church of the Nativity, interi...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Church of the Nativity. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Bethlehem (Beit-Lahm) and surroundings. Church of the Nativity, interi...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative sleeve: Interior of Church of Nativity, Bethlehem. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
In N. Palestine, Israel, Matson photograph collection
Title from negative sleeve. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. On negative: 4072. Guide card: Mt. Gerizim. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Shepherd boy slinging Middle East photographs, American Colony Jerusal...
Title from negative sleeve. On negative: 2900. On negative sleeve: 2900, see A322, p. 352. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Northern views. Joseph's Tomb near Nablous i.e., Nablus American Colon...
Title from: Catalogue of photographs made by the American Colony ... 1914. Caption on negative: Joseph's Tomb. On negative: 402. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Jordan, Wady Zerka Main - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from guide card. Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
Trans-Jordan. Jerash. Fountain of the Church of St. Theodore
Title from: list, Photographic subjects of Bible Lands. Caption on negative: Jerash. Fountain of the Church of St. Theodore. On negative: P257 (crossed out). Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department... More
Goatherds with goats by a stream, probably in Palestine
Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.