Collection of Press Photographs - War of Independence, 1948

Nine press photographs from the period of the War of Independence. Jerusalem and other places in Palestine (one photograph from Cyprus), 1948.
The photographs depict, among others: an Israeli armored vehicle crossing "Ben-Yehuda" street in Jerusalem; Jewish fighters in a morning prayer over sand sacks and rifles, after a night guard near Jerusalem; two fighters in Kibutz Negba, among pits in one of the orchards; convoy of Jeeps leaving a Jewish settlements to the fighting zone in the Negev (some of the fighters are seen wearing Arab garments); convoy with supplies entering besieged Jerusalem during the "first ceasefire"; Arab children in front of the Western Wall; barracks in the Cyprus detention camps; and more.
Pasted on the back of five photographs are press information notes. Ink stamps on the back of seven photographs (most of them of the press agency Acme Newspictures). Pasted on the back of one photograph is a newspaper clipping with a print of the photograph.
Photographs: approx. 18X22.5 cm. Condition varies. Good overall condition. Slight creases and defects (mainly at margins and on the back). Small tears to upper margins of one photograph (not damaging photograph). Pen marking on one photograph. On the back of one photograph appears a barcode sticker.