Large and varied collection of ca. 100 photographs and pictures, documenting landscapes, figures and sites in Mandatory Jerusalem and divided Jerusalem. [Ca. 1910s-1970s].
Including: • Soldier in military uniform standing near the Western Wall (titled on verso: "Jew's Wailing Wall – 1918"). • Jewish women praying at the Western Wall (press photograph, signed and dated on verso, 1926). • Scottish Regiment band of the British Army marching through Jerusalem; • Group of British soldiers and guards standing on a Jerusalem street; • Military tent camp near the walls of the Old City; • Photographs of buildings and figures in the Old City, signed and titled (in the negative) by the publishers Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo; • Sites and holy places in Jerusalem; • Buildings under construction; • Workers at construction sites; • Storefronts and building facades; • Central streets and neighborhoods, including Mahane Yehuda Market, Jaffa Road, Shlomo Molkho Street, King David Street; • and more.
Ca. 100 photographs and pictures, some divided on verso for use as postcards. 5X8 cm to 17X13 cm approx. Overall good to fair condition. Some in several copies.
