Keywords: Turkish military town of Hafir el Aujah, the principal desert base, 1916.A.jpg Hafir el Aujah the principal desert base 1916 LC-DIG-ppmsca-13709-00042 digital file from original on page 12 no 41 he עוג'ה א -חפיר - העיירה הצבאית העות'מאנית Information field Notes Arrangement Photographs arranged chronologically Photographs were created by the photographers of the American Colony Photo Department located in Jerusalem Founded in the late 1890s by Elijah Meyers the photo agency was headed during its heyday ca 1903-1933 by Lewis Larsson whose staff photographers included Erik Lind Lars Lind Furman Baldwin and G Eric Matson It transitioned into the Matson Photo Service around 1940 with photography by Matson Hanna Safieh Joseph H Giries and others John D Whiting contributed periodically to the work of both agencies For more information see http //lcweb2 loc gov/pp/matpchtml/matpcac html Inscription on inside cover To dear Grace John with all good wishes Album was probably compiled by G Eric and Edith Matson as a gift to John and Grace Whiting Album unpaginated album page numbers supplied by Library staff Pages 2 20 26 38 and 72 are blank LOT title devised by Library staff John D Whiting's diaries correspondence and other materials are located in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division Papers of John D Whiting Forms part of Visual materials from the papers of John D Whiting Library of Congress Transfer; Manuscript Division; 2006; DLC/PP-2006 051 27 html Image Turkish military town of Hafir el Aujah the principal desert base 1916 jpg Information field Original source LOC-image ppmsca 13709 html http //www loc gov/pictures/item/2007675298/ World War I in Palestine and the Sinai 1914-1917 html Information field Direct link http //memory loc gov/phpdata/pageturner php type contactminor cmIMG1 /pnp/ppmsca/13700/13709/00042t gif agg ppmsca item 13709 caption 41 memory loc gov html American Colony Jerusalem Photo Department photographer Information field Related Names Whiting John D John David 1882-1951 photographer Larsson Lewis photographer Matson G Eric Gästgifvar Eric 1888-1977 photographer html 1916 PD-Matson Palestine in World War I Tel Nitzana World War I in Palestine and the Sinai ppmsca 13709 Auja al-Hafir Panoramics in Israel Historical images of Negev |