Anonymous photographer who documented Haifa

Identity of man who took photos of country's landscapes, residents in 1930s, 1940s is unclear, but albums he left behind provide a visual window to Haifa, Tel Aviv and other places during that era

Numerous albums documenting events and landscapes taken in Israel before and after the State's foundation can be found in the home of Amos Rosenthal, a man who has a lot of appreciation for valuable historic and scientific material.

 

Most of the pictures were taken by Rosenthal's father, who was a photographer and documented important events in Israel's history.

 

Among the many albums in Rosenthal's home I found several containing photos taken by an unknown photographer. The photographer is believed to have been of German descent, as some of the pictures are accompanied by captions and descriptions in German.

 

The albums contain dozens of photos of Israel's landscapes in the 1930s and 1940s.

We would appreciate our readers' help in identifying the anonymous photographer who left behind these fascinating albums and photos.

  

1. The new Haifa Port

 

2. The Technion building

 

3. Haifa's Binyamin Garden

 

4. A building on Mount Carmel, near the Bahai Gardens

 

5. Haifa, the Hadar neighborhood on Mount Carmel

 

6. Haifa's Herzl Street

 

7. Camels on the Haifa Bay beach

 

8. The beach near Akko

 

9. Sifting seeds in the village of Mizra, near Nahariya

 

10. The village of al-Samiria near Akko

 

11. A Bedouin tent near the aqueduct not far from Akko

 

12. An Arab village on the road to Nahariya

 

13. Train wagon from the inside

 

14. A Bedouin family next to its tent

 

15. Caesarea, hippodrome built by Herod

 

16. Visiting Caesarea

 

17. The Tel Aviv-Jaffa road (the picture is believed to have been taken during the 1936-1939 events, due to the anti-sniper revetment walls seen in it)

 

18. Rishon Lezion street

 

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