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A. Mea Shearim, 1940s

B. Mea Shearim, 1940s

C. Mea Shearim, 1940s

D. Mamilla, 1930s

E. Ethiopia Street

F. Valley of Hinnom

G. Yemin Moshe windmill

Behind the lens of Hannah and Efraim Degani – part 4

Couple that owned Photo Prisma photography shop in Jerusalem loved touring city, documenting its neighborhoods. This time we present photos taking us back to British mandate era, first years after State's establishment when capital was divided

Nadav Man |Published: 12.18.09 , 07:54

1. Mea Shearim in the 1940s

2. Ad in Yiddish urges women not to act immorally

3. Mea Shearim in the 1940s

4. Mea Shearim in the 1940s

5. Monastery of the Cross

6. Snow on Jaffa Street in the 1950s

7. The Italian Hospital on Neviim Street in the 1950s. Today, the same building houses the Education Ministry

8. Neviim Street

9. The Beit Israel and Mea Shearim neighborhoods in the 1930s. In the horizon: The small mountain on which the French Hill neighborhood was established in the 1970s

10. On the horizon, on the right: French Hill neighborhood

11. Nahalat Shimon, 1939. The neighborhood was established in 1891, near the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. It got its name due to its proximity to the Simeon the Just cave.

12. The Old City walls, Rockefeller Museum and Augusta Victoria hospital, 1937

13. Yemin Moshe neighborhood

14. Sultan's Pool and Scottish Church, 1940

15. Yemin Moshe, 1940s

16. Mishkenot Shaananim

17. Road leading to Jaffa Gate, near Sultan's Pool, in the 1950s.

Previous articles in series: Part 1 , part 2 , part 3

For all trips to the past – click here

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