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File:First sea plane to alight on the Lake of Galilee. October 1931. Matson.jpg

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English: Air views of Palestine. Aircrafts etc. of the Imperial Airways Ltd., on the Sea of Galilee and at Semakh. Flying boat awaited at Tiberias. Crowds expecting the first sea plane to alight on the Lake of Galilee.
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1 negative: glass, dry plate / height: 5 in (12.7 cm); width: 7 in (17.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,7U218593
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  • Photo shows crowd waiting for landing of seaplane, with officials standing on dock.
  • Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?].
  • Caption continues from catalog: Air route from the sea of Galiliee following the Jordan Valley down to the Dead Sea, Jericho, etc.
  • Caption on negative sleeve: Tiberias.
  • Date from Matson LOT cards.
  • Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID matpc.06451.
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Author American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer

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Public domain This work is from the Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.
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