Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, a very typical artery of the new city. with modern buildings, shops, fountains and playgrounds for well-dressed children of the city middle-classes.

Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, a very typical artery of the new city. with modern buildings, shops, fountains and playgrounds for well-dressed children of the city middle-classes.

Photograph

Robert Capa

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1913–1954

Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, a very typical artery of the new city. with modern buildings, shops, fountains and playgrounds for well-dressed children of the city middle-classes.

From Israel's First Year: A Report on a New State


1949
Gelatin silver print
Image: 24.2 x 20.4 cm
Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2005
2005.0909.0006
Inscriptions verso (typed label): [series title and description]
(stamp): Used 27 Aug 1948 Illustrated
(stamp): Property of the Periodicals Art Library / 191, High Holborn, W.C.1 / Must be returned undamaged
(stamp): Photo by Robert Capa - Magnum / Magnum Photos / 125 Faubourg St-Honoré, 125 / ELYsees 51-28 / Paris 8
(crayon): The Modern City
(pencil): Neg 1341 / 13 [encircled]
(ink): Plaestine [crossed out] Israel - Places - Tel Aviv
TextWar over, Israel faces grim battle for survival. Jews entering the promised land find, not milk and honey, but austerity, inflation, and uneasy frontiers
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