Behind the lens of Hannah and Efraim Degani – part 2

Jerusalem's scenery and people – from 1930s to 1960s – as documented by owners of Photo Prisma photography shop on Zion Square

1. British armored vehicle near Jaffa Gate, 1948

 

2. Car bomb attack on Ben Yehuda Street, 1948

 

3. Distributing milk, 1940s

 

4. Mandatory immigration department, 1938

 

5. Queen Shlomzion Street, 1947

 

6. Public transportation on Jaffa Street, 1947

 

7. Old Egged courtyard on Jaffa Street

 

8. Armored ambulance hit in terror attack, 1948

 

9. Mamilla neighborhood, 1940s

 

10. Snow in Mamilla neighborhood

 

11. Mamilla neighborhood, 1940s

 

12. Four Species Market in Mea Shearim neighborhood

 

13. Mahaneh Yehuda Market

 

14. Mahaneh Yehuda Market

 

15. 'Magen David Adom in the Land of Israel'

 

16. Yemin Moshe neighborhood, 1950s

 

17. 'No man's land' in Mamilla area, early 1950s

 

18. Beth Navon on Neviim Street, 1965

 

• For the previous article on the Degani couple – click here

 

• For all trips to the past – click here