Auction 019 Online Auction 19 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jun 4, 2019 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 111:

Four Press Photographs – Women Volunteering to Help the Yishuv during World War II – Palestine, 1941-1943

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Four press photographs documenting the participation of Jewish women in the war effort during World War II. Palestine, 1941-1943.
1-2. Two photographs of working women: a woman driving a hay-laden truck and a woman while working on an electric pole. On verso, information notes for the press, on which it is written that the women's husbands were recruited to the British Army and now the women are taking on their husbands' duties. 6.4.1941.
3. A photograph of the first four women officers of the A.T.S of the British Army. On verso, an information note for the press (in English). 6.4.1942.
4. A photograph of a group of American women, members of the Woman Ordnance Workers, who worked in an ammunition factory in Palestine, marching with mines in their hands. On verso, an information note for the press. 5.4.1943.
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