Collection of Photographs – The Israeli War of Independence and the Establishment of the State of Israel – Ephraim ...

Collection of Photographs – The Israeli War of Independence and the Establishment of the State of Israel – Ephraim (Efrem) Ilani
About 50 black and white photographs documenting the Israeli War of Independence and the first years of the State of Israel. Some of them stamped with the stamps of photographer Ephraim (Efrem) Ilani. [Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel-Aviv and elsewhere, ca. late 1940s to early 1950s].
The photographs depict: crowds dancing in Jerusalem after the UN vote on November 29, 1947; members of the People's Council announcing the establishment of the State of Israel from the balcony of the Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem; Chief of Staff Yigael Yadin and the first IDF spokesman Moshe Perlman saluting; the bombing of the Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem; soldiers raising the Israeli flag on a captured Arab armored vehicle; an Israeli navy formation during the ceremony of transferring the Port of Haifa to the State of Israel; military formations and portrait photographs of soldiers; workers' Moshav of Tel Adashim; workers and craftsmen; and more. Some photographs are captioned on verso.
21 of the photographs are stamped with the stamp of photographer Ephraim (Efrem) Ilani. Several photographs with other stamps and press information notes.
Including two additional copies of two photographs.
Approx. 9X8.5 cm to 14X9.5 cm. Good overall condition.