Photograph Album – Jewish Settlement Police and Units of the British Army – 1938-1939

Photograph Album – Jewish Settlement Police and Units of the British Army – 1938-1939
Photograph album that belonged to a ghaffir in the Jewish settlement police who joined the British Army at the outbreak of World War II. The album contains approx. 270 photographs documenting the period of the Arab Revolt (1936-1939 Riots) and the years of service of the album's owner in the Jewish settlement police and the British Army. Palestine, 1930s (most of the photographs are dated 1939).
Most of the photographs are captioned by hand (in Hebrew and English) on the album's leaves. Mounted alongside the photographs on some of the album's leaves are paper cutouts – headlines, insignias of British Army units (written and colored by hand), and more.
Photographs include: • Photos depicting the construction of Farradiyya (Shefer) police fort in the Upper Galilee. • Photos depicting the daily life of Notrim in the Jewish settlement police. • Six photos from the period of the Great Arab Revolt: a train that passed over a landmine, burning fields, British soldiers at a train station and more. • Photos of soldiers in various units of the British Army, including the Jewish Attached Police (a Notrim unit annexed to the British Army), the Royal East Kent Regiment, the Royal Army Service Corps (for transport and supply), and more.
Some of the photographs were taken during training; most were taken in Haifa (including at the airport used by the Royal British Air Force), Acre, Nablus and Jenin. • Photograph of soldiers on the beach, captioned: "The illegal immigrant ship 'Asimi' on the horizon". • Photographs of Haifa (the port, the Bat Galim neighborhood and the casino, the French Carmel, and more), Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities. • And more.
Enclosed: • "Badges of Rank", a printed leaf with a table showing the badges of various ranks in the British Army, Navy and Air Force. • About 20 photos that belonged to the album's owner, from later years.
Approx. 270 photos, arranged in the album using mounting corners. Photo size varies, album size: 30X24 cm. Good overall condition. Tears and minor blemishes to some of the photographs. A number of mounting corners are missing (and some are not original). A number of photographs are loose. Stains and tears to tissue guards (some tears are reinforced with adhesive tape). Stains and blemishes to album's binding. Strips of adhesive tape on binding's margins.
Provenance: Rimon Family Collection.