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Photo, Print, Drawing Photographs of Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq

About this Item

Title

  • Photographs of Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq

Summary

  • Photographs include: LOT 13759-1. "Jerusalem": Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religious sites; LOT 13759-2. "New Jerusalem": commercial and recreational buildings, including Barclay's Bank, Y.M.C.A., and King David Hotel; LOT 13759-3. "The city gates, Jerusalem": gates of Jerusalem; LOT 13759-4. "Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem": exterior and interior views; LOT 13759-5. "Stations of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem"; LOT 13759-6. "Garden and basilica of Gethsemane (Church of All Nations), Jerusalem": including mosaics and dome; LOT 13759-7. "The Western Hill "Mount Zion": including Church of St. Peter, Church of the Dormition, Tomb of David and Coenaculum; LOT 13759-8. "Bethlehem": landscapes, street life, Church of the Nativity, and manger; LOT 13759-9. "Ain Karem (Reputed birthplace of St. John the Baptist)": interior and exterior views of religious buildings; LOT 13759-10. "Jericho, Jordan, and the Dead Sea": countryside, religious sites, man floating while reading in Dead Sea and aerial views; LOT 13759-11. "Transjordan, Es-Salt, Jerash, Amman, Petra": archaeological sites, camels, King Abdullah of Transjordan; LOT 13759-12. "Sea of Galilee,": fishing and scenes on the shores; LOT 13759-13. "Tiberas, Lido and the southern shore": aerial views, towns, and lake activities; LOT 13759-14. "Nazareth, Including Mount Tabor and Cana of Galilee": street life, countryside, Church and Grotto of the Annunciation, other religious sites; LOT 13759-15. "Haifa, Mount Carmel": cityscapes, landscapes, commercial district, net fishing; LOT 13759-16. "Jaffa, Ramleh, Lydda on The Plain of Sharon": urban scenes, coastal views, aerial views; LOT 13759-17. "Tel-Aviv": shoreline and urban scenes; LOT 13759-18. "Jewish agricultural settlements, the Plain of Sharon and Esdraelon (Emek) (Centers of Zionist Agricultural Activities)": chickens, beehives, and farming activities; LOT 13759-19. "Orange cluture [i.e. culture] on the Plain of Sharon": oranges, workers, processing and shipping; LOT 13759-20. "Picturesque types of Palestine": agricultural, domestic, and social activities; LOT 13759-21. "Palestine flowers and fruits"; LOT 13759-22. "Syria and Lebanon, "Beirut, Damascus, Mt. Hermon, Cedars": aerial views of urban scenes, camels, and snow covered landscape; LOT 13759-23. "Iraq, Comprehensive series touching various districts": urban life, river scenes, the Great Mosque at Kadiman, other religious sites of ancient times, camels crossing Euphrates on a pontoon bridge and oil production; LOT 13759-24. "Egypt I Cairo (City)": urban scenes with emphasis on religious Islamic sites, palace of King Fuad I, Nile River; LOT 13759-25. "Egypt II Cairo (Pyramids and Sphinx)"; LOT 13759-26. "Egypt III Cairo (The Museum)": mummy, Tutankhamen's statue, coffins, mask and throne; also canopic shrine; LOT 13759-27. "Egypt IV Port Said, Ismailia, Alexandria, and country scenes": statues, lake and canal scenes, picking cotton near the Nile; LOT 13759-28. "Babylon, Ur, and the River Euphrates": archaeological sites, people filling containers at water's edge, camels crossing pontoon bridge at Kufa.

Names

  • Matson Photo Service, photographer

Created / Published

  • [between 1940 and 1947]

Headings

  • -  Tutankhamen,--King of Egypt--Death mask
  • -  Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)--1900-1950
  • -  Jāmiʻ al-Umawī al-Kabīr (Damascus, Syria)--1900-1950
  • -  Stations of the Cross--1900-1950
  • -  Agriculture--Israel--1900-1950
  • -  Archaeological sites--Iraq--1900-1950
  • -  Archaeological sites--Jordan--1900-1950
  • -  Bazaars--Iraq--1900-1950
  • -  Buildings--Middle East--1900-1950
  • -  Camels--Middle East--1900-1950
  • -  Churches--Jerusalem--1900-1950
  • -  Fishing--Israel--1900-1950
  • -  Flowers--Palestine--1900-1950
  • -  Mosques--Middle East--1900-1950
  • -  Oil industry--Iraq--1900-1950
  • -  Oranges--Israel--1900-1950
  • -  Palestine--History--1799-1917
  • -  Palestine--History--1917-1948
  • -  Alexandria (Egypt)--1900-1950
  • -  Babylon (Extinct city)--1930-1940
  • -  Baghdad (Iraq)--1930-1940
  • -  Bethlehem--1900-1950
  • -  Cairo (Egypt)--1900-1950
  • -  Carmel, Mount (Israel)--1900-1950
  • -  Damascus (Syria)--1900-1950
  • -  Egypt--1900-1950
  • -  ʻEn Kerem (Jerusalem)--1900-1950
  • -  Haifa (Israel)--1900-1950
  • -  Hermon, Mount (Lebanon and Syria)--1900-1950
  • -  Iraq--1930-1940
  • -  Jerusalem--1900-1950
  • -  Lebanon--1900-1950
  • -  Nazareth (Israel)--1900-1950
  • -  Nile River--1900-1950
  • -  Sharon, Plain of (Israel)--1900-1950
  • -  Tel Aviv (Israel)--1900-1950
  • -  Tiberias, Lake (Israel)--1900-1950
  • -  Ur (Extinct city)--1930-1940
  • -  Via Dolorosa (Jerusalem)--1900-1950
  • -  Zion, Mount (Jerusalem)--1900-1950

Format Headings

  • Aerial views--1910-1950.
  • Cityscape photographs--1900-1950.
  • Gelatin silver prints--1930-1950.
  • Group portraits--1900-1950.
  • Landscape photographs--1900-1950.
  • Portrait photographs--1900-1950.

Genre

  • Aerial views--1910-1950
  • Cityscape photographs--1900-1950
  • Landscape photographs--1900-1950
  • Group portraits--1900-1950
  • Portrait photographs--1900-1950
  • Gelatin silver prints--1930-1950

Notes

  • -  Arrangement: Photographs arranged in 28 subdivisions by geographic location, reflecting the arrangement into "snapshot sets" by the Matson Photo Service.
  • -  Collection profile with information about the Matson Collection and a bibliography is available online http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.matpc
  • -  Captions for subdivisions -1 through -27 are on envelope for each set included in LOT. Captions for subdivision -28 found in booklet "Babylon, Ur, and the River Euphrates" (xerox copy in LOT).
  • -  Original negatives for some photographs may be found in the G. Eric and Edith Matson Negatives: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.matpc or in PR 06 CN 139 (negatives used to create photograph sets).
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Included with this LOT is a Matson Photo Service price list with prices in mils with conversion formula to British pound sterling and U.S. dollars.
  • -  Stamped on verso of most photographs: Copyright, The Matson Photo Service, Jerusalem, Palestine.
  • -  Stamped on verso of some photographs and envelopes: May 30, 1947.
  • -  Stamped on verso of photographs in subdivision -28: Copyright, the Matson Photo Service.
  • -  Some photographs were made by the Matson Photo Service from images taken earlier (approximately 1900-1934) by the American Colony Photo Department.
  • -  Forms part of: the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection.
  • -  Gift; G. Eric and Edith Matson; 1966-1977.
  • -  Gift; Kensington Episcopal Home; 1978-2003.

Medium

  • 334 photographic prints ; 8 x 11 cm or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13759 (J) [P&P]

Source Collection

  • G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006684259

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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Matson Photo Service, photographer. Photographs of Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq. ʻen Kerem Syria Nile River Middle East Alexandria Tel Aviv Bethlehem Zion Mount Egypt Israel Babylon Plain of Via Dolorosa Hermon Iraq Tiberias Lebanon Carmel Baghdad Jordan Cairo Haifa Damascus Sharon Palestine Lake Jerusalem Ur Extinct City Nazareth, None. [Between 1940 and 1947] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006684259/.

APA citation style:

Matson Photo Service, photographer. Photographs of Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq. ʻen Kerem Syria Nile River Middle East Alexandria Tel Aviv Bethlehem Zion Mount Egypt Israel Babylon Plain of Via Dolorosa Hermon Iraq Tiberias Lebanon Carmel Baghdad Jordan Cairo Haifa Damascus Sharon Palestine Lake Jerusalem Ur Extinct City Nazareth, None. [Between 1940 and 1947] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006684259/.

MLA citation style:

Matson Photo Service, photographer. Photographs of Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq. [Between 1940 and 1947] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2006684259/>.