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Lot of 2 vintage studio photographs, Eretz Israel / Middle East: Group photograph of men and women in oriental dress in the style of ”HaShomer” organization - the men armed and the women in Eretz Israeli / Palestinian attire. Possibly Jewish, or alternatively Purim costumes. ”HaShomer” was a Jewish defense organization founded in 1909 in the Galilee, which guarded Jewish settlements in Eretz Israel until its dissolution in 1920; its members adopted traditional Arab-Bedouin attire. Photograph of a young man in uniform, apparently British, with dedication and name ”Gilad Ben Siman-Tov”. Dimensions: 8.5 x 13.5 cm. - Lot of 2 vintage studio photographs, Eretz Israel / Middle East: Group photograph of men and women in oriental dress in the style of ”HaShomer” organization - the men armed and the women in Eretz Israeli / Palestinian attire. Possibly Jewish, or alternatively Purim costumes. ”HaShomer” was a Jewish defense organization founded in 1909 in the Galilee, which guarded Jewish settlements in Eretz Israel until its dissolution in 1920; its members adopted traditional Arab-Bedouin attire. Photograph of a young man in uniform, apparently British, with dedication and name ”Gilad Ben Siman-Tov”. Dimensions: 8.5 x 13.5 cm.