Four press photographs from the War of Independence. Jerusalem, 1948. The photographs portray: A civilian armed with a machine gun checking licenses of trucks entering Jerusalem (armed Haganah fighters are seen on the roof of the trucks); a British soldier observing the lanes of the Old City from a Jewish house; inhabitants piling up sand bags in Yemin Moshe (the Old City is seen behind the fortifications); people passing between sand bags in one of Yemin Moshe streets. Information notes for the press are pasted on the of the photographs (French), with an ink-stamp: New York Times Photos. Approx. 18X13 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly on the ) and minor blemishes. Pinholes at margins. One information note is torn and pierced.
Four press photographs from the War of Independence. Jerusalem, 1948. The photographs portray: A civilian armed with a machine gun checking licenses of trucks entering Jerusalem (armed Haganah fighters are seen on the roof of the trucks); a British soldier observing the lanes of the Old City from a Jewish house; inhabitants piling up sand bags in Yemin Moshe (the Old City is seen behind the fortifications); people passing between sand bags in one of Yemin Moshe streets. Information notes for the press are pasted on the of the photographs (French), with an ink-stamp: New York Times Photos. Approx. 18X13 cm. Good condition. Stains (mostly on the ) and minor blemishes. Pinholes at margins. One information note is torn and pierced.
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