Lot 105
Collection of Photographs – The Great Arab Revolt, 1936 – Photographs of Haj Amin al-Husseini and Members of the Arab Higher Committee
Fourteen press photographs, most of them from the time of the Great Arab Revolt. Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Bethlehem, London and other places, 1936 (two photographs from 1930 and one from 1938).
Among the photographs: five photographs of Haj Amin al-Husseini and members of the Arab Higher Committee (one from a visit of the committee members in London, in 1930); the Arab commander Fawzi al-Qawuqji and his soldiers; a turned over train locomotive after an attack near Lod; smoke rising above houses set on fire in Tel-Aviv; tent camp of Scottish soldiers near Mount Ebal; clash between British soldiers and stone-throwers in Jaffa; British soldiers near a church in Bethlehem; and more.
On the back of most of the photographs are information notes for the press (in French, one in English) and by them appear ink-stamps: France-Press, Wide World Photos, Trampus, Keystone View Company and other stamps.
Size and condition vary. Average size: 13X18 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Markings and paint on the photographs of the Arab Higher Committee. Stains and blemishes (mostly slights, on the back). Traces of pasting and handwritten inscriptions on the back (ink and colored pencil).
