Petra. El-Bêda and el-Barid. El Bêda ridge. The "white" district. An area of white sandstone [approximately 1920 to 1933]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in.

#Petra #El-Bêda #el-Barid #ElBêda #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #theMiddleEast #NorthAfrica #Jordan #Israel #EricMatson #AmericanColony #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019707081/

Petra. El-Farasah & obelisk ridge area. Classical monument, Wadi Farasah, showing rock cut channels and pool for collecting water [approximately 1920 to 1933]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in.

#Petra #El-Farasah& #WadiFarasah #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #TheAmericanColony #EricMatson #4x5inches #Jordan #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019707067/

Petra. Theatre and el-Khubta area. Facade of el-Khubta range showing the large "Corinthian" monument and smaller Nabtean tombs [approximately 1920 to 1933]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in.

#Petra #el-Khubta #Corinthian #Nabtean #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #Monastery #Jordanian #EricMatson #Jordan #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019707051/

Matson photographing in Petra, 1934 1934.
Matson Photo Service
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in. | Photograph shows Eric Matson with a camera.

#Matson #Petra #MatsonPhotoService #EricMatson #MiddleEastern #1930-1940 #Jordan #Petra(Extinctcity) #Photographers #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019712720/

Petra, Ed-Deir [between 1898 and 1946] 1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 4 x 5 in.

#Petra #EricMatson #EdithMatson #Jordan #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019701095/

Tel Aviv. The Gymnasium [approximately 1920 to 1933]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 5 x 7 in.

#TelAviv #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #Israel #AmericanColony #AmericanColonial #EdithMatson #EricMatson #TelAviv #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019693393/

Petra in Transjordan. Sik and el-Khazne between 1950 and 1977.
Matson Photo Service
1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.

#Transjordan #MatsonPhotoService #Petra #Jordan #MiddleEastern #theGreatTemple #Al-Khazneh #Treasury #EricMatson #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019705827/

Baalbek. Temple of Bachus between 1950 and 1977. 1 slide : color ; 2 x 2 in.

#Corinthian #Baalbeks #Lebanon #EricMatson #Baʻlabakk #Lebanon #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019705847/

Wild flowers of Palestine. Field of Egyptian pinks (Silene aegyptiaca L.f.) [approximately 1900 to 1920]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 5 x 7 in.

#Palestine #Egyptian #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #WildFlowersof #EricMatson #EdithMatson #theAmericanColony #Palestinian #7inches #dryplatenegatives #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019696095/

Trees and shrubs. Pomegranate tree in fruit [between 1925 and 1946, from a negative taken approximately 1900 to 1920]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 transparency : safety film, with hand-coloring ; 4 x 5 in.

#Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #American #EricMatson #EdithMatson #TheAmericanColony #Ottoman #Dutch #EricMatsons #color #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019705160/