Amazing photos of Israel in the 1930s: before Instagram, traffic jams, and tourists!

Here’s a glorious taste of life in the Holy Land from the 1930s. No traffic jams, no traffic wardens, no tour guides leading hordes of tourists, and definitely no smartphones…

Tel Aviv has developed so fast over the last few years, even we can spot the changes. But how about those who were here in the 1930s? It’s almost impossible to gauge the changes they’ve experienced…but these pictures of the Holy Land, actually postcards of Israel before it was even officially the State of Israel, give us an amazing glimpse into what life was like, once upon a time.

Tel Aviv Beach 1930s
Tel Aviv Beach
Dead Sea 1930s
The Dead Sea
Jerusalem 1930s
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tiberias
Tiberias
Haifa
Haifa
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Jerusalem

The pictures were scanned by Yigal Shalhevet. For even more blasts from the past, see here.

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