An impressive album of photographs, souvenir from a journey in Israel during the summer of 1949.
An album containing 168 photograph, including a photograph of the passenger ship SS Kedma; photographs from Jaffa, The Jezreel Valley and the Galilee, Haifa, Tiberias and the Tomb of Rabbi Meir Ba'al HaNes, Acre, Safed, Kerem Hatemanim in Tel-Aviv, The Iraq-Suwaydan police fort (Metzudat Yoav), Negba, Kibbutz Nir-Am, Be'er Sheva, and other sites; photographs of an Independence Day parade in Tel-Aviv, May 4, 1949 (the parade was cancelled shortly after it began); and more. Most of the photographs are captioned on the album's leaves (in German) and some are described at some length, creating a travelogue documenting the visit of the couple Zvi and Shulamit (the owners of the album) during their journey in the country.
Size of photographs varies, approx. 7X7 cm – 12.5X12.5 cm. Arranged in the album by means of mounting-corners. Album: 40X31 cm. Good overall condition. Tears and stains to tissue guards. Worn binding, with tears, party detached.