Lot 105
Collection of Photographs of Palestine - Female Soldier in the American Army, mid 1940s
Some 85 photographs of Palestine which belonged to a female soldier in the American army. Jerusalem and other places in Palestine (a number of photographs from Egypt), [mid 1940s].
About 65 of the photographs are in an album (mounted) and the others are loose. The photographs portray: American tent-camp in an olive orchard, worshippers at the Western Wall, Tower of David, Dome of the Rock, Foundation Stone, Bethesda Pool, YMCA building, King David Hotel, Rachel's Tomb, bridge on the Jordan River, banana grove in Jericho, Capernaum, fishermen in the Sea of Galilee, and more.
The photographs in the album are titled by hand on the album leaves (English) and are accompanied by quotations and references to verses from the Holy Scriptures.
The album also includes eight postcards, cards with pressed flowers and other decorative paper items. Some of the loose photographs are titled by hand on verso.
Enclosed: six autograph letters (English, in original envelopes), addresses to the soldier Dorothy Wells (apparently owner of the album), sent in 1944 and 1945 from different senders; American Red Cross Tours of the Holy Land, a bulletin on behalf of the Red Cross with a program of an organized tour to Palestine.
Total of about 85 photographs. Average size: approx. 9X6.5 cm. Album: approx. 19X21 cm. Good condition. Stains and some defects to some photographs. Album in good condition, with slight creases and stains to leaves. Some defects to binding.
