Album of Photographs that Belonged to a Royal British Air Force Soldier – Photographs of Ramla and its Inhabitants ...

Album of Photographs that Belonged to a Royal British Air Force Soldier – Photographs of Ramla and its Inhabitants and Photographs of Other Cities in Palestine and the Vicinity – 1930s
An album of photographs that belonged to a British soldier who served in R.A.F. Station Ramla. Ramla, Jaffa and other places in Palestine and Egypt, 1936-1939.
The album contains 92 photographs, titled and dated by hand (English), among them: • Numerous photographs of Ramla: general view, residences, markets and local inhabitants. • Group photographs of Royal Air Force soldiers in Ramla. • Photographs of a camel polo game. • Photograph of a horse race in Jaffa. • Photographs of Arab farmers doing traditional agricultural works. • Photographs of a Picnic in the Judean Mountains, in the vicinity of the village of Artuf. • Photographs from a journey to Egypt in 1939, mostly of views along the Nile. • and more.
Some of the photographs are ink-stamped on the back (one is stamped "Royal Air Force Official Crown copyright reserved").
92 photographs, approx. 5.5X5.5 cm to 16.5X21.5 cm. Album: 23X29 cm. Good condition. Creases and tears at corners of a number of photographs. Leather binding, bound with a string, with minor blemishes and tears (mostly to spine and margins).
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.