A Palestine Madonna (photo of a Palestinian mother with her baby taken in the 1930s)

• A Palestine Madonna

• American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department, photographer
• [between 1934 and 1939] https://www.loc.gov/resource/matpc.04165/
  

About this Collection

The G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph 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. Over 1,000 photographic prints and eleven albums are also part of this collection.

Digital images for the negatives and transparencies and a sample of the photographs are available online. https://loc.gov/pictures/collection/matpc/