Robert Capa photograph of 3 soldiers loading a truck in Tel Aviv

The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Dr. Mark Reichman. 

Robert Capa photograph of 3 soldiers loading a truck in Tel Aviv 

overall: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) 

Photographic print by Robert Capa taken in Tel Aviv in July 1948 of Israeli soldiers on a street corner. It was published as part of a photojournalistic essay: ‘‘Israel’s First Year’’, published in August 1948 in the London magazine, Illustrated. The caption on the reverse of this photograph does not reflect the scene described in the caption; it is possible that it was cropped or that the caption refers to another photograph used in the article. There was an article by this title using Capa photographs, published in Life magazine in July: ‘‘Jew Fights Jew in Israel: photographer records ill-fated Irgun landing" 

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Black and white photographic print of a street scene with 3 soldiers in shorts, 2 armed, one wearing a helmet, standing on or near a sidewalk with an awning, while one man, with a rifle and a helmet, loads a truck to the right. On the verso are 2 adhered caption labels and stamps from his agency and a previous owner, and inscriptions in graphite and black and blue ink. back, top right, pencil : T1553 back, center, blue ink, handwritten : /11