Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Collection of Photographs of Jewish Guards and Policemen during the British Mandate Period – Palestine, 1930s-1940s
Opening: $500
Unsold
24 photographs documenting the Palestine Police Force and the Jewish guards. Palestine, [ca. late 1930s to 1940s].
Photographs from various places in Palestine documenting the routine work and training of the Jewish guards in the Palestine Police Force. Among the photographs: • 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 Cohen, one of the leaders of the Yishuv and a "Solel Boneh" executive. • A photograph of two ghaffirs (watchmen) in a guard tower. • Photograph of a group of Jewish guards of the Beach Guard unit, captioned in the plate: "Beach Guard. Kefar Vitkin 10/4/43" (Hebrew). • 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. Stains, tears and blemishes to some of the photographs.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Photographs from various places in Palestine documenting the routine work and training of the Jewish guards in the Palestine Police Force. Among the photographs: • 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 Cohen, one of the leaders of the Yishuv and a "Solel Boneh" executive. • A photograph of two ghaffirs (watchmen) in a guard tower. • Photograph of a group of Jewish guards of the Beach Guard unit, captioned in the plate: "Beach Guard. Kefar Vitkin 10/4/43" (Hebrew). • 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. Stains, tears and blemishes to some of the photographs.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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