Auction 64 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
By Kedem
Jan 22, 2019
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 111:

Photograph Album that Belonged to a British Soldier in Palestine, 1944-1945

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Photograph Album that Belonged to a British Soldier in Palestine, 1944-1945
Album in an olive-wood binding, with 144 photographs, that belonged to a soldier of the British Royal Air Force who served in the Aqir base (RAF Aqir, the Royal Air Force’s main military airport in Palestine). 1944-1945.
The album includes: • Photographs of Tel-Aviv: the Yarkon River, the beach, Dizengoff Square, Cinema Mugrabi, Rothschild Boulevard and more. • Numerous photographs of Jerusalem: the Western Wall and other sites in the Old City, the British Army cemetery on Mount Scopus, view from the YMCA tower, Rockefeller Museum, and more. • Photographs of the Aquir base (swimming pool, the church, and more) and group photographs of soldiers. • Photographs from different places in Palestine and Egypt: Tiberias, Capernahum, Nazareth, Nablus, Acre, Haifa, Bethlehem, Jericho, Ismailia, and more. The album also contains three souvenir cards with pressed flowers.
Some of the photographs are original while others are souvenir photographs purchased by the soldier (stamped on the back: "The Matson Photo Service"). The photographs are titled by hand on the album's leaves (English). A handwritten note appears at the beginning of the album – the soldier’s name, location, and the dates of his service.
The album is bound in an olive wood binding with a cloth spine. A color illustration of the Dome of the Rock is printed on the front binding.
Total of 144 photographs, arranged in an album with mounting corners. Size varies. Average size: 6.5X9 cm. Good condition. Some stains and creases to photographs. Some of the mounting corners are torn. Creases and a small number of tears to margins of leaves. Minor blemishes to olive wood binding and to cloth spine.

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