Auction 104 Part 2 Jerusalem Sale: Selected Items from the Collection of Amos Mar Chaim
Large Collection of Photographs and Pictures – Jerusalem, 1920s-1970s
Opening: $200
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
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.
Photographs
Photographs 