Six press photographs documenting illegal immigration ships captured on their way to Palestine. 1946-1948. The photographs depict: the ship "Tel Hai" (Asia) upon arrival in Haifa Port in 1946, flags with Hebrew inscription flying on the deck; illegal immigrants disembarking "Exodus" in Haifa port in 1947, under supervision of British soldiers (the photograph shows the wide open hole in the wall of the ship following the battle with British ships); British soldiers using force to pull out "Exodus" illegal immigrants from one of the deportation ships in Hamburg, 1947; British soldiers carrying a gurney with an injured person from the ship "Medinat HeYehudim" in Haifa port, in 1947; The ship "Atzma'ut" (Pan York) and "Kibutz Galuyot" (Pan Crescent) sailing near Istanbul in 1948; photograph of ships in a port in Palestine through barbed wire fences installed by the British. Pasted on the of four photographs are press information notes with ink-stamps by their side. Photographs: approx. 17.5X9 cm - 23X22.5 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Slight creases and defects. Some stains (slight, mainly on the ). One photograph with a widthwise tear by the lower margin, repaired with adhesive tape.
Six press photographs documenting illegal immigration ships captured on their way to Palestine. 1946-1948. The photographs depict: the ship "Tel Hai" (Asia) upon arrival in Haifa Port in 1946, flags with Hebrew inscription flying on the deck; illegal immigrants disembarking "Exodus" in Haifa port in 1947, under supervision of British soldiers (the photograph shows the wide open hole in the wall of the ship following the battle with British ships); British soldiers using force to pull out "Exodus" illegal immigrants from one of the deportation ships in Hamburg, 1947; British soldiers carrying a gurney with an injured person from the ship "Medinat HeYehudim" in Haifa port, in 1947; The ship "Atzma'ut" (Pan York) and "Kibutz Galuyot" (Pan Crescent) sailing near Istanbul in 1948; photograph of ships in a port in Palestine through barbed wire fences installed by the British. Pasted on the of four photographs are press information notes with ink-stamps by their side. Photographs: approx. 17.5X9 cm - 23X22.5 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Slight creases and defects. Some stains (slight, mainly on the ). One photograph with a widthwise tear by the lower margin, repaired with adhesive tape.
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