[Interior of bombed building, man crouching in rubble]
Photograph
[Interior of bombed building, man crouching in rubble]
From Palestine War: Scenes in Jerusalem
July 1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 23.6 x 18.8 cm
Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2005
2005.0909.0005
Inscriptions verso (typed label): [series title and description]
(stamp): Used 3 Jul 1948 Illustrated
(stamp): Property of the Periodicals Art Library / 191, High Holborn, W.C.1 / Must be returned undamaged
(ink): Strip 14
(pencil): Illus July 3 P. 6 / 4 3/8 x 7 7/8 deep / RC 59
(printed label with pencil and stamp)
(typed label): File Palestine War 1948 Jews Seige [sic] of Jerusalem June 1948
(stamp): Used 3 Jul 1948 Illustrated
(stamp): Property of the Periodicals Art Library / 191, High Holborn, W.C.1 / Must be returned undamaged
(ink): Strip 14
(pencil): Illus July 3 P. 6 / 4 3/8 x 7 7/8 deep / RC 59
(printed label with pencil and stamp)
(typed label): File Palestine War 1948 Jews Seige [sic] of Jerusalem June 1948
TextRobert Capa records the last hours in Jerusalem before the Cease Fire, when the city was subjected to the cruelest bombardment of the siege. The city is still linked to Israel by a mountain road that is under constant fire.
