Lot 585
Yehudah Eisenstark – Street In Jerusalem, War of Independence
Photograph of Jaffa Street blocked with barrels. [Photographer Yehudah Eisenstark, Jerusalem, 1948].
Photographer Yehudah Eisenstark (1912-2005) worked in the 1940's as a reporter and free-lance photographer for newspapers in Israel and abroad; was a member of the Haganah" and with the establishment of the State of Israel served in a few military positions, amongst them as a photographer, communication officer and more. Between 1947 and 1948 took many photographs in besieged Jerusalem. His collection of photographs was purchased by the State Archives and by I.D.F archive in 1984.
28.5 X 22 cm. Good condition. Description and date in pencil on reverse side. Glue remnants and peelings to reverse side.
