Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Photo Album - Journey in Palestine, 1931

Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Photo album from a journey in Palestine. Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel-Aviv, Tiberias and other places, 1931.
The album contains about 170 photographs, among them: the Western Wall, Temple Mount, Rambam Grave in Tiberias, Mugrabi Cinema in Tel-Aviv, numerous photographs of the land's shores (among them photographs of swimmers, ships and unloading merchandise), photographs of Bedouins in traditional costumes, orange groves and bee hives, British military aircrafts, aerial photographs from a flight over the country, and more. Several photographs in the album were taken, probably, in other countries in the Middle East. Mounted on the album leaves, some are titled and dated by hand. Leather binding, with embossings of Jewish figures and Rachel's Tomb.
Total of about 170 photographs. Average size of photographs: approx. 8.5X6 cm. Album: approx. 16X22.5 cm. Photographs in good-fair condition. Stains. Tears to several photographs (mainly small, at margins). Some defects to binding.
Travels in Palestine, Maps and Photography
Travels in Palestine, Maps and Photography