Auction 41 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art

Photo Album – Eretz Israel – "The Matson Photo Service" / "American Colony", 1940s

Opening: $500
Unsold
Album with 195 photos of Eretz Israel (and Jordan). All stamped (except for a few) with the ink stamp of "The Matson Photo Service, Jerusalem, Palestine", [1940s].
Numerous photos of Jerusalem. Additional photos of Bethlehem, Rachel's Tomb, Ein Karem, Jericho, the Dead Sea and Transjordan (Amman), the Sea of Galilee and the vicinity, Nazareth, Haifa, Jaffa, Ramla and Lod. Aerial photos of Mount Tabor, Degania and hot springs in Tiberias. Arranged in a leather album with a hammered copper plaque on its binding ("Tower of David").
Average size of photos: 6X8 cm (several photos: 5X5.5 cm). Album: 31X20.5 cm. Good condition.
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards, Graphics and Methods of Payment
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards, Graphics and Methods of Payment