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PALESTINE 4. Views of Tel Aviv, 1908-1934. Each photograph (excepting final two photographs)...
Catalogue reference: CO 1069/730
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This record is about the PALESTINE 4. Views of Tel Aviv, 1908-1934. Each photograph (excepting final two photographs)... dating from 1908-1934 in the series Colonial Office and successors: Photographic Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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CO 1069/730
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Date (When the record was created)
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1908-1934
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Description (What the record is about)
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PALESTINE 4. Views of Tel Aviv, 1908-1934.
Each photograph (excepting final two photographs) accompanied by English and Hebrew text. Also included is a letter from the Foriegn and Commonwealth Office Library, dated 12 January 1998, concerning having the album copied.
1) Photograph of the Tel-Aviv emblem.
2) Signed, photographic portrait of M Dizengoff, Mayor of Tel-Aviv.
3) 'The Town Hall'.
4) 'Founding of Tel-Aviv - 1908'. [Large group of men, women and children amongst the sand].
5) Aerial view of Tel-Aviv - 1934.
6) 'The first house of Tel-Aviv - 1908'.
7) 'New quarter in the North of Tel-Aviv - 1934'.
8) 'Levelling of the first street -1909'. [Group of workmen and two children].
9) 'Allenby Road - 1922'. [Footprints in the sand].
10) 'Allenby Road - 1934'. [Many modern buildings, with motorised vehicles running along road].
11) [Construction workers at work].
12) 'Tel-Aviv at play'. [A very large gathering of people].
13) 'The first public Festival of Tel Aviv - 1909'. [Gathering of people surrounded by new buildings].
14) 'Purim Festivities - 1934'. [Crowded street scene].
15) 'Tel-Aviv children dancing'.
16) 'Tel-Aviv children planting'. [Woman leading children carrying plants, tools and watering cans].
17) 'Tel-Aviv's Guardians - 1910'. [Men gathered on a balcony and by the side of the road].
18) 'Tel-Aviv Watchmen - 1934'. [Uniformed soldiers on parade].
19) [Photograph of the power station].
20) [A camel caravan bringing shingle for construction work].
21) [Aerial view of camel caravans crossing the mouth of the Yarkon River].
22) General view - Levant Fair 1934'.
23) [Aerial view of street scene].
24) [Aerial view of street scene].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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PALESTINE 4
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Public Record(s)
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photographs and volumes
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Open on Transfer
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Open Document, Open Description
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CO 1069
Colonial Office and successors: Photographic Collection
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