10 photographs depicting a variety of events and personalities, from the time of the Yishuv to the War of Independence. [Palestine, 1917 to ca. 1948].
Among the photographs: the 60th (British) Division entering Jerusalem (1917); Jewish Settlement Policemen in Petach Tikvah (1930s), photographer: N. Ben-Noam, Petach Tikvah; a group of motorcyclists of "Maccabee" in Beirut, on its way to Palestine (1930); High Commissioner Wauchope arriving on a horse to the ceremony of the inauguration of the King George V Forest in the Jezreel Valley; the IDF Cavalry Unit during the War-of-Dependence; lieutenant colonel Moshe Dayan, the commander of the 6th Brigade in Jerusalem (1948?), photographer: Herbert Meyerowitz; and other photographs, most of them with handwritten captions.
Size varies, 11X15 cm on average (some are larger or smaller). Condition varies. Stains and minor blemishes to sime. Traces of gluing and handwritten instructions for printing on verso of several photographs.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.