24 photographs documenting the Palestine Police Force and the Notrim (Jewish auxiliaries serving in the British Armed Forces in Mandatory Palestine) Palestine, [ca. late 1930s to 1940s].
Photographs from various places in Palestine depicting routine work and training: • Photographs of formations. • A group photograph beside an armored vehicle. • A photograph of Tegart's wall worker camp in the north in 1938. The photograph depicts David Hacohen, one of the leaders of the Yishuv and a "Solel Boneh" executive. • A photograph of two ghaffirs (watchmen) in a guard tower. • Photograph of two officers of the Palestine Police Force, captioned on verso in handwriting: "Sheindler, in charge of police force" [possibly, one of the officers is Max Sheindler, of the Palestine Police Force Jewish department]. • And more.
Five of the photographs were taken by Zvi Orushkes (Oron) and are stamped on verso with the stamp of his studio in Jerusalem. Several of the photographs are stamped on verso with stamps of "Studio Alexander", "Photo Teva" and "Photo studio … N. Ben-Noam" (all in Hebrew).
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Stains, tears and blemishes to some of the photographs.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.