Collection of Press Photographs – War of Independence and Settling Efforts – Palestine and Israel, 1946-1949

Collection of Press Photographs – War of Independence and Settling Efforts – Palestine and Israel, 1946-1949
11 photographs documenting Jewish and British soldiers, battlefields and settlers prior to, during and after Israel's War of Independence. Israel, 1946-1949.
Photos show: • Settlers transporting construction materials on donkeys to Kfar Etzion. May 1946. • Two new Haganah recruits performing combat exercises inside a ruined house in the Tel Aviv area. December 1947. • Haganah fighter peeping from between two houses in the no-man's-land between Tel Aviv and Jaffa, a grenade in his hand. January 1948. • British soldiers from a Highland Light Infantry regiment, called on to intervene in a violent clash between Arabs and Jews seeking refuge in Jerusalem. February 1948. • Fire raging on Hebron Road in Jerusalem after an exchange of fire between the sides. April 1948. • Group of Haganah fighters in uniform listening to a briefing. March 1948. • Three Haganah fighters, one of them female, at their post at Al-Qastal. April 1948. • Female member of Kibbutz Negba and three soldiers seated on the ground near the ruins of the kibbutz's houses during its bombardment. October 1948. • Two sailors repairing the "Tirza", a boat used for training Haganah members for participation in illegal immigration actions. December 1948. • Members of Tzafria in the moshav's toolshed. June 1949. • A member of Kibbutz Beit Ha'Arava and a member of "HaBonim – American Core Group" place a sign at the entrance to Kibbutz Gesher HaZiv, founded by evacuated members of Beit Ha'Arava and members of the core group after the War of Independence. November 1949.
Information notes for the press are attached to six of the photographs; four photographs are captioned in the plate; attached to one photograph is the news item alongside which it was published. All of the photographs are captioned in English and dated. Some are marked with the stamps of the photo agencies.
16.5X21.5 cm to 21X25.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases. Minor blemishes. Pieces of paper and glue traces to verso of some of the photographs. Barcode labels on verso of some of the photographs.