55 press photographs, documenting the Jewish Yishuv during the Arab Revolt. Photographs by Walter Zadek (about 20 photographs), Rudi Weissenstein, Zoltan Kluger and others. Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Kibutz Alonim, Nesher and other locations in Palestine, [ca. 1936-1939]. The photographs document the defense of the Yishuv and the pioneering enterprise during the Arab Revolt. Among them: night guards sleep in Kibutz "Alonim"; "Ghaffir" (guard) reading the bible near "Nesher"; formation of women presenting arms; raising an iron structure for a tower; digging watering tunnels; armed workers in an orange orchard; pest control in the Hula lake; aerial photograph of the Hula lake; and more. About half of the photographs are ink-stamped on the reverse with the photographers' stamps: "The Orient Press Photo Co. (Photo Z. Kluger), "R. Weissnstein", "Studio Alexander" and "Foto W. Zadek". Some photographs are mounted on paper sheets. A few photographs appear in two copies. Size and condition vary. Photographs: 13.5X8 cm - 18X23.5 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Scratches and defects (mainly slight). Pen markings on several photographs. Inscription on the reverse of one photograph. Foxing to paper sheets. Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
55 press photographs, documenting the Jewish Yishuv during the Arab Revolt. Photographs by Walter Zadek (about 20 photographs), Rudi Weissenstein, Zoltan Kluger and others. Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Kibutz Alonim, Nesher and other locations in Palestine, [ca. 1936-1939]. The photographs document the defense of the Yishuv and the pioneering enterprise during the Arab Revolt. Among them: night guards sleep in Kibutz "Alonim"; "Ghaffir" (guard) reading the bible near "Nesher"; formation of women presenting arms; raising an iron structure for a tower; digging watering tunnels; armed workers in an orange orchard; pest control in the Hula lake; aerial photograph of the Hula lake; and more. About half of the photographs are ink-stamped on the reverse with the photographers' stamps: "The Orient Press Photo Co. (Photo Z. Kluger), "R. Weissnstein", "Studio Alexander" and "Foto W. Zadek". Some photographs are mounted on paper sheets. A few photographs appear in two copies. Size and condition vary. Photographs: 13.5X8 cm - 18X23.5 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Scratches and defects (mainly slight). Pen markings on several photographs. Inscription on the reverse of one photograph. Foxing to paper sheets. Provenance: Shlomo Shva collection.
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