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Everyday Life

Photographs revealing everyday life in early 20th-century Palestine, where community, tradition, and resilience were woven into the rhythm of the land.

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A living wall of photographs revealing the everyday life

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Everyday Life

Life in early 20th-century Palestine was all about community, tradition, and resilience. Families farmed, made crafts, and kept cultural practices like embroidery and storytelling alive.

Markets were busy with farmers, artisans, and fishermen, while mosques and schools brought people together for worship and learning. Daily life was simple and closely tied to the land, with a shared sense of purpose shaping routines.

Al-Quds al-Sharif: An exam at the Schmidt School or College for Girls in Jerusalem in 1940.

Girls Embroidering from Jericho, 1930

Jaffa oranges seller, 1940

Al-Aqsa Mosque, 1862

The Students of the Friends School, Ramallah

Mother of pearl workers. Bethlehem, 1934.

Mobile clinics in Najd in 1939

Crowds at Mosque al-Aqsa mosque for Friday prayers. Friday, Sept 16, 1938.

English Mission School Children: Nablus, Palestine 1920

Building the ships at Jaffa.

The entrance of the old city of Acre and Al-Jazzar Mosque in 1937

Al-Aqsa Mosque, 1860

The Ramallah Friends School Students, 1937

Palestinian folk traditional ceramics

General View of Jerusalem, 1921

Palestinians of Haifa celebrating a festival, 1916

Girls' school at Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira

Palestinian folk traditional ceramics

Snow covers the hill of Bethlehem on February 25, 1921

The swing of joy for the Palestinian holidays in 1930. Ramla.

English Mission School for Girls in Nablus, 1918

Unloading a great fishnet. Gaza, 1937.

The city of Los, early 19th century

Outdoor entertainment with a ferris wheel. Ramla, 1880s.

Jaffa Orthodox School, 1938

Fishermen in Jaffa

The city of Lod, early 19th century

Tulkaram Market 1938

Al-Quds Al-Sharif: conclusion of a soccer tournament, 1940

Loading drag net on boat and Tiberias fisheries. July 1940.

General View of Nazareth

Street in older Nazareth, vegetable market. 1934 - 1937.

Young girl in the city of Bethlehem before the Nakba in 1948 in traditional Palestinian clothing

Picking apricots at Bayt Jalah, 1937

Ain Sabeel in Jaffa, Palestine in 1925

Jerusalem, the old city in the 1920s

Women before the Nakba in 1948 in traditional Palestinian tatreez

Picking apricots at Bayt Jalah, 1937

Summit of Mt. Gerizim, Nablus. 1898

The displaced village of Isdoud before the Nakba

Residents in the city of Bethlehem before the Nakba in 1948 in traditional Palestinian clothing

Agriculture in old Nazareth traditional clothing, 1920-1933

Water spring in Jericho 1918

One of the cafes in Akka before the Nakba

Residents in the city of Bethlehem before the Nakba in 1948 in traditional Palestinian clothing

Rubbing and grinding wheat in Jerusalem. 1920

The transportation between Acre and Haifa 1890

Wheat harvest displayed in market in Haifa, 1900

Residents in the city of Bethlehem before the Nakba in 1948 in traditional Palestinian clothing

Agriculture by Lake Tiberias

Mail from Jerusalem to Türkiye with Palestinian stamp

The transportation between Acre and Haifa 1890

Alhambra cinema, Jaffa.

A Palestinian family from Ramallah wearing traditional Palestinian clothing (before 1914)

Mail from Haifa to New York, 1920s, including Palestinian stamps

Iftar cannon, Jaffa 1920

Alhambra cinema, Jaffa

Palestinian Family from Ramallah, 1920s

Palestinian stamps during the 1920s

Bringing water from the well before breaking the fast during Ramadan. Akka, 1930.

Large choir group in Alhambra, cinema, Jaffa, March 22, 1944

Palestinian stamps during the 1920s.

Fallujah - KLM Airline advertisement for travel to Palestine in 1931

Haifa - Iraq Street 1932

A weaving shop in Gaza, early 20th century

Palestinian stamps during the 1920s

Fallujah - KLM Airline advertisement for travel to Palestine in 1931

Aref al-Aref with heads of Beir al'Sab's (Beersheba's) tribes when he was the governor of Beir al'Sab district during the British Occupation.

Women in Palestinian dress from Deir al-Qasi in 1937

Palestinian stamps during the 1920s

Jerusalem - Jaffa train, 1942.

Women playing tennis in a sports club in Katamon in Jerusalem. 1930.

The Palestine Radio station team plays at a private party

Mother of pearl workers. Bethlehem, 1934

Palestinian stamps during the 1920s

Extension of oil lines between Haifa and Iraq - 1933

Palestine Radio staff.

Women in Palestinian dress from Deir al-Qasi in 1937

A woman from Jericho carrying a jug of milk on her head, 1893

The railway station on Faisal Street - Haifa 1920

The Great Palestinian Revolt, 1936-1939.

A Palestinian ceramics workshop in Jerusalem in the 1920s

Christmas ceremony, procession of the Patriarch. Bethlehem 1902

Jerusalem - Saint Sepulcre

The Great Palestinian revolt, 1936-1939

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