Auction 61 - Rare and Important Items
Collection of Press Photographs - War of Independence - Arab Side, 1948
Opening: $2,000
Unsold
Thirteen press photographs documenting the Arab side of the Independence War. Jerusalem, Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, and other places, ca. 1948 (one photograph from 1946).
The photographs depict, among others: a team of Arab fighters operating an armored cannon near Sha'ar HaGay; Arab fighters in the Jerusalem mountains, during one of the Kastel battles; portrait photograph of a 13 year old Arab boy who killed two "Haganah" fighters; photograph of Arab commanders near a tent where Jewish prisoners are arrested, prior to their trial; a nurse dressing the leg of an injured person in the military hospital in Jaffa; joint shooting training by Iraqi and Syrian soldiers in Nablus; Egyptian and Syrian soldiers during ceasefire; Arab women in Jerusalem in a line for distribution of oil; Arab propaganda photograph, depicting a staged scene portraying a Palmach fighter surrendering to Arab forces (the fighter is a disguised Arab actor); and more.
Press information notes are pasted on the back of nine photographs. Ink-stamps on the back (most of them of Acme Newspictures). Newspaper clippings are pasted on the back of one photograph with information about the photograph.
Size and condition vary. Average size: 22.5X17.5 cm. Good overall condition. Slight creases and defects. One photograph with tears at left margin (not affecting photograph). Inscriptions and markings on the back and on the margins of some photographs. One photograph with added paint. An arrow is drawn on one photograph.
The photographs depict, among others: a team of Arab fighters operating an armored cannon near Sha'ar HaGay; Arab fighters in the Jerusalem mountains, during one of the Kastel battles; portrait photograph of a 13 year old Arab boy who killed two "Haganah" fighters; photograph of Arab commanders near a tent where Jewish prisoners are arrested, prior to their trial; a nurse dressing the leg of an injured person in the military hospital in Jaffa; joint shooting training by Iraqi and Syrian soldiers in Nablus; Egyptian and Syrian soldiers during ceasefire; Arab women in Jerusalem in a line for distribution of oil; Arab propaganda photograph, depicting a staged scene portraying a Palmach fighter surrendering to Arab forces (the fighter is a disguised Arab actor); and more.
Press information notes are pasted on the back of nine photographs. Ink-stamps on the back (most of them of Acme Newspictures). Newspaper clippings are pasted on the back of one photograph with information about the photograph.
Size and condition vary. Average size: 22.5X17.5 cm. Good overall condition. Slight creases and defects. One photograph with tears at left margin (not affecting photograph). Inscriptions and markings on the back and on the margins of some photographs. One photograph with added paint. An arrow is drawn on one photograph.