Photographs of Palestine and Its Surroundings - the Matson Photo Service - Nine Sets in Original Envelopes

Photographs of Palestine and Its Surroundings - the Matson Photo Service - Nine Sets in Original Envelopes
The Matson Photo Service, Covering Historical Events in Palestine Since 1898, Full Catalogue of Photos of Bible Lands & Middle East Countries. Published by the Matson Photo Service, Jerusalem, [after 1934]. English.
Nine sets of photographs published by Eric Matson, photographer for the American Colony: Gethsemane (a dozen photographs); the Transjordan (a dozen photographs); Jericho, Jordan and the Dead Sea (a dozen photographs); "Newer Jerusalem" (a dozen photographs); Bethlehem (a dozen photographs, some of them of sites in Jerusalem); Haifa and Mount Carmel (a dozen photographs); Cairo (the city; a dozen photographs); Cairo (the pyramids and the Sphinx; eight photographs); Syria and Lebanon (fifteen photographs).
Each set includes an original envelope with the above title. On the reverse are descriptions of the photographs contained in the envelope. All the photos are stamped with the ink stamp of the Matson Photo Service.
The Matsons were handed the management of the American Colony photo service in 1934, and from that time began to mark their photographs with the above stamp. The photos were sold in a store located in the Fast Hotel until 1946, when the Matson family left Jerusalem and moved to California.
Enclosed is an advertising brochure of the Matson Photo Service detailing all the photo sets and their prices.
Photos: 6.5X9.5 cm. Very good condition. Photo missing from one of the envelopes and an extra photo in another envelope. Original envelopes, 12X9.5 cm, fair-good condition. Creases, stains and wear.