Collection of Photographs from the Israeli War of Independence – Photographers David Rubinger, Boris Carmi, Hans ...

Collection of Photographs from the Israeli War of Independence – Photographers David Rubinger, Boris Carmi, Hans Chaim Pinn, Benno Rothenberg and Others
31 photographs of Jerusalem and the State of Israel during the War of Independence. Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and other places, [ca. 1947-1948].
Among the photographs: An Egyptian plane felled on the Tel Aviv seashore; a unit of horsemen of the Givati Division near Gadera; briefing Israeli pilots before an attack; a girl offering a flower to a tank driver in Jaffa; injured patients in hospitals; residents leaving shelled Jerusalem neighborhoods; honor guard next to the coffins of the pilots George Berling and Yehuda Leib (Leonard) Cohen; Photo of a Palmach soldier surrounded by children, inscribed on verso: "1948 was like this" [possibly, the photo was prepared for printing in a newspaper or designed to appear on the front cover of a book]; etc.
The photos are stamped on their verso with the ink-stamps of the photographers: "Hans Chaim Pinn"; "B. [Boris] Carmi"; "D. Rubinger"; "Eisenstark J. Y." [Yehuda]; "Ben Rothenberg"; "Robert Mühlstok"; "Efi-Pix" [Efraim Ilani?]; and other stamps.
Most of the photos bear handwritten descriptions on their verso, some have instructions for publication and credit.
Enclosed: Two photographs taken during the protest opposing MacDonald's White Paper which took place in Tel Aviv in 1939, by the photographer Hans Chaim Pinn.
Size and condition vary. Overall good-fair condition. Scratches, creases and defects. Stains on verso. Pinholes to edges of four photos. A long tear to the edges of one photo.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.