Album containing approximately 180 photographs documenting the founding of the refineries in Haifa. July 1939 to August 1940.
Among the photographs: • Transporting a pipe for crude oil on the railway tracks. • Constructing the main office building. • Constructing the cooling towers. • Aerial photographs of the refineries’ area during construction. • Building the towers for refining the crude oil, the ponds for treating effluent, and the storage tanks. • Building the staff building. • Photographs of the camp area, taken from the top of the towers. • And more.
The photographs are dated in pen in the corners. The pages of the album contain additional dating and descriptions. The caption "Album A-2" appears at the beginning of the album, and a sticker from the photography studio appears on the inside back cover: "Hanania Brothers, Photographic Specialists, Jerusalem".
Approx. 180 photographs in all (mounted in the album). Size varies. Average size: 8.5X12 cm. Good condition. Some of the photographs are loose. Small paper sticker on one of the pages. A few tears, folds, and creases on the tissue guards, and one tissue guard is missing. Minor blemishes at the corners and edges of the binding.