Sinai. Monastery of St. Katherine from nearby hillside between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#MatsonPhotoService #Egypt #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705681/
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mastodon 4.5.9+glitchThis collection is a rich 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 collection consists of over 22,000 glass and film photographic negatives and transparencies created by the American Colony Photo Department and its successor firm, the Matson Photo Service.
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Sinai. Sinai caravan on the march between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#MatsonPhotoService #Egypt #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705675/
Sinai. Wady Feiran, luxurious palm grove between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#WadyFeiran #MatsonPhotoService #Egypt #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705672/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Damascus from Bab Sherki between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #BabSherki #MatsonPhotoService #EdithMatsons #Syria #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705636/
Sinai. Palm grove at el Wad between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#elWad #MatsonPhotoService #MiddleEastern #aMiddleEastern #NorthAfrican #2inches #Egypt #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705676/
Around the Sea of Galilee.Capernaum, landing place. John 6:17 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #John6:17 #MatsonPhotoService #LakeTiberias #Israel #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705622/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Hill of Gamala between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #MatsonPhotoService #Gamla(Extinctcity) #Syria #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705627/
Northward from Jerusalem. Jenin, the mosque. (Traditional. Healing of the Ten Lepers). Luke 17:12-19 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Jerusalem #Jenin #Luke17:12-19 #MatsonPhotoService #Islamic #2inches #WestBank #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705592/
Sinai. Springs of Moses. Exodus 15:23 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#MatsonPhotoService #Egypt #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705667/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Control boat at loop of drag-net. Bethsaida between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #Bethsaida #MatsonPhotoService #MatsonLinesInc #American #Honolulu #Israel #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705620/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Looking south from Dan between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #MatsonPhotoService #MatsonPhotoServices #2inches #slides #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705633/
Sinai. Wady Es-Sheikh, (Peran) between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#WadyEs-Sheikh #Peran #MatsonPhotoService #Egypt #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705678/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Tiberias, waterfront between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #Tiberias #MatsonPhotoService #MiddleEastern #Israel #Tiberias #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705614/
Sinai. Wilderness of Shur. Exodus 15:22 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#MatsonPhotoService #Africa #Egypt #SinaiPeninsula #Exodus(Exodus15:22 #theRedSea #twoinches #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705668/
Sinai. Wilderness of Sin. Exodus 16:1 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#MatsonPhotoService #Egypt #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705669/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Damascus, St. Paul's Wall. Acts 9:25 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #StPaulsWall #MatsonPhotoService #Byzantine #Syria #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705641/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Damascus, Bab Sherki, gateway to Straight Street. Acts 9:24 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #BabSherki #MatsonPhotoService #Syria #MiddleEastern #Syria #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705643/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Sunrise on Sea of Galilee between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #MatsonPhotoService #Israel #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705616/
Northward from Jerusalem. Hill country of Ephraim. Judges 4:5 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Jerusalem #Ephraim #MatsonPhotoService #MatsonPhotoServices #WestBank #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705579/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Ruins of Kadesh Naphtali. Judges 4:6 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #MatsonPhotoService #Israel #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705629/
Northward from Jerusalem. Plain of the Maidens. Judges 21:19-21 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Jerusalem #MatsonPhotoService #WestBank #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705582/
Northward from Jerusalem. Ruins at Jacob's Well between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Jerusalem #MatsonPhotoService #Nablus #WestBank #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705583/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Baalbek, the grand quarry between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #MatsonPhotoService #Baʻlabakk #Lebanon #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705646/
Northward from Jerusalem. Hills of Nazareth, showing Hill of Precipitation, from Esdraelon between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Jerusalem #HillofPrecipitation #Esdraelon #MatsonPhotoService #Mediterranean #Israel #Palestine #aMiddleEastern #Nazareth #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705604/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Banias, Caesarea Philippi. Matt. 16:13 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #CaesareaPhilippi #MatsonPhotoService #Bāniyās #DamascusProvince #Syria #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705634/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Banias, the Roman bridge between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #MatsonPhotoService #Bāniyās #DamascusProvince #Syria #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705635/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Evening scene, Bethsaida "Home of the Fishermen" between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in. | Photograph shows Tabgha, the Hospice & the Lake of Galilee. (Source: similar Matson negative: LC-M32-8998 and researcher T. Powers, 2014)
#theSeaofGalilee #Bethsaida #MatsonPhotoService #Tabgha #Matson #TPowers #LakeGalilee #Kinneret #Hebrew #Israel #LC-M32-8998 #Israel #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705617/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Tiberias from the west between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #Tiberias #MatsonPhotoService #Mediterranean #Israel #Tiberias #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705611/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Damascus, River Abana. II Kings 5:12 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #RiverAbana #MatsonPhotoService #theRiverAbana #Islamic #thisMiddleEastern #Syria #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705638/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Mt. Hermon from the East. Luke 9:28 between 1950 and 1977. 1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #MtHermon #EdithMatson #2x2inches #slides #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705631/
Northward from Jerusalem. Ruins of Samaria between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Jerusalem #MatsonPhotoService #Israel #Sabastiyah #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705589/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Tiberias (showing mosque) between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #Tiberias #MatsonPhotoService #Israel #Islamic #MiddleEastern #EdithMatsons #Tiberias #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705612/
Sinai. Ras Safsaf called Mt. Sinai or Gebel Mousa. Exodus 24:16 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#RasSafsaf #MtSinai #GebelMousa #MatsonPhotoService #Egypt #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705677/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Damascus, St. Paul's Wall, restored between 1960 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #StPaulsWall #MatsonPhotoService #Syria #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705642/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Fishermen on the Sea of Galilee between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #MatsonPhotoService #MiddleEastern #Israel #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705619/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Tiberias from the sea between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #Tiberias #MatsonPhotoService #Mediterranean #WorldWarII #Israel #Tiberias #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705613/
Sinai. Hill of Aaron from Jethro's path between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Aaron #Jethro #MatsonPhotoService #Egypt #SinaiPeninsula #Israelite #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705680/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Safed. "A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid" (Matt. 5:14) between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #Safed #MatsonPhotoService #Israel #Tsefat #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705625/
Sinai. Monastery of St. Katherine, close view between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#MatsonPhotoService #MiddleEastern #Egypt #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705682/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Country of the Gadarenes between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #Gadarenes #MatsonPhotoService #earth #Israel #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705626/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Damascus, showing covered part of Straight Street. Acts 9:11 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #StraightStreet #MatsonPhotoService #Islamic #Syria #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705637/
Northward from Jerusalem. Nazareth and Hill of Precipitation. Luke 4:28-30 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Jerusalem #HillofPrecipitation #MatsonPhotoService #Christian #theNewTestaments #Israel #Nazareth #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705605/
Sinai. Typical scene in Sinai (Sugar Loaf Hill) between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#MatsonPhotoService #Egypt #SinaiPeninsula #Sinai #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705670/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Capernaum, ruins, eastern stairway between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #MatsonPhotoService #twoinches #Israel #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705624/
Northward from Jerusalem. Hill of Tibna, Timnath. Gen. 38:12-14, Josh. 15:57 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Jerusalem #MatsonPhotoService #WestBank #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705578/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Dan, Tel el-Kadi, a source of the Jordan between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #Telel-Kadi #Jordan #MatsonPhotoService #Israel #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705632/
Northward from Jerusalem. Taiybeh village, Ephraim. John 11:54 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Jerusalem #Ephraim #MatsonPhotoService #aMiddleEastern #Mediterranean #WestBank #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705580/
Around the Sea of Galilee. Capernaum, partially restored synagogue. Luke 7:5 between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#theSeaofGalilee #MatsonPhotoService #Hellenistic #Israel #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705623/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Damascus, House of Naaman. II Kings 5: between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #HouseofNaaman #MatsonPhotoService #third #Syria #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705640/
Damascus, Palmyra and Baalbek. Palmyra, Temple of Baal between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.
#Damascus #Palmyra #Baalbek #MatsonPhotoService #Greek #EdithMatson #Loe-Ner #Syria #Tadmur #photographyhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2019705645/