Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Photograph Album from Palestine - 1940s / Palestine Arabs
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Photograph album from Palestine. [1940s].
The album leaves are mounted with 71 photographs. Some document British soldiers (in various parades and operations), and one shows a policeman of the Palestine Police Force. Many of the photographs document Palestinian Arabs: photographs showing fishing activities, dynamite explosions and more.
The rest of the photographs are personal (boxing championships, a soccer game, riding a camel, and more) and photographs of landscapes and various sites in the country; including the Sea Mosque in Acre, the Old City in Jerusalem, the beach and ships at sea, and more.
71 photographs in different sizes: approx. 7X10 cm to 12.5X18 cm. Album size: 23X33 cm. Good condition. A few photographs have been removed from the album. One photograph partly detached.
The album leaves are mounted with 71 photographs. Some document British soldiers (in various parades and operations), and one shows a policeman of the Palestine Police Force. Many of the photographs document Palestinian Arabs: photographs showing fishing activities, dynamite explosions and more.
The rest of the photographs are personal (boxing championships, a soccer game, riding a camel, and more) and photographs of landscapes and various sites in the country; including the Sea Mosque in Acre, the Old City in Jerusalem, the beach and ships at sea, and more.
71 photographs in different sizes: approx. 7X10 cm to 12.5X18 cm. Album size: 23X33 cm. Good condition. A few photographs have been removed from the album. One photograph partly detached.
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics