Photo Album: Jaffa’s Oranges
Jaffa Orange is the IP, Intellectual Property of the Palestinian city of Jaffa. The unique orange was developed after experimentations at the Shammouti family groves and became commercial around 1865. In 1948 when Israel occupied the land, it started exporting Jaffa Oranges under the name Tel-Aviv, but that did not succeed. Jaffa Orange is one of the very few surviving intellectual and tangible heritage of the erased city of Jaffa.
The Fruit of Royals and Mercedes Cars
Packing Oranges for shipment, Jaffa, 1912, Palestine Remembered
Aerial view of Jaffa’s Orange Groves, Palestine Remembered
The Gharghour car dealership office was established in Jaffa in 1928 Yaffa48
Frank Scholten 1921-23, NINO
Youngster carrying a basket of Jaffa Oranges, 1932, Image Source
Sorting oranges in Jaffa, Image Source
The Jaffa Press advertises their services in printing orange cases and wrapping paper, Palestine Remembered
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Packing individually wrapped oranges,
An advertisement in Falastin Newspaper by Sabanekh that announces services for printing boxes, stamps, and more, September 1947, Palestine Remembered
“A Cargo boat in Jaffa’s Sea, 1936”, Image Source
“A large image of Jaffa from the Sea, 1936”
Jaffa’s orange orchards, Image Source
“The Harbor in Jaffa, 1880”, Image Source
Young orange sellers, Scholten, 1921-23
Frank Schotlen, Jaffa, 1921-23, NINO
Frank Schotlen, Jaffa, 1921-23, NINO
‘Route 60’, was a 60cm rail track crossing Jaffa from the east, from the groves, then storages all the way west to the harbor, the boats and onto ships heading mostly to Europe. The ‘Street 60’ was a well-known route that crossed the poorer, richer, busier cafes, churches, and mosques.
The same track can be seen here. There’s a coffeeshop next to the train station which spills over the 60cm wide track, Palestine Remembered
60cm railway track goes through the poorer areas of storage and packing. The street was called The Sixty Street Palestine Remembered
The 60cm track transporting oranges and passing by the mosque, 1921-23, Frank Scholten, NINO
The 60cm track arrives finally to the port
Buying oranges in Jaffa Image Source
Orange boxes were transported at the Jaffa port via small boats onto ships for transport to Europe. Yaffa48
Ships loaded with cargo, Jaffa Port, Image Source
A Palestinian woman with a basket of oranges, Jaffa
The packaging of oranges in a family workshop in Jaffa, 1907. Sourced from Bibliothèque nationale de France via the Institute for Palestine Studies
An advertisement for Jaffa Orange Company owned by Tawfiq and Ahmad Abu Laban and partners. “Famous for its registered brands: Gold Apple, J.O.C, Top Dog, Gold Kist, Gold Beam, Diana, Heros and Abdulla”
Frank Schotlen, Jaffa, 1921-23, NINO
Frank Schotlen, Jaffa, 1921-23, NINO
Frank Schotlen, Jaffa, 1921-23, NINO
“A Palestinian selling Jaffa oranges in the 1930s”. Palestine Our Homeland
Orange season in Jaffa, 1937, Palestine Remembered
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Orange groves, Frank Schotlen, Jaffa, 1921-23, NINO
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During the Jaffa orange season, piles of oranges outside the wall at Damascus gate in Jerusalem, 1940
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Packing oranges in Jaffa, 1932
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The German Colony and Jaffa Orange Orchards Image Source
Citrus packers moved from one orchard to the next, according to demand, erecting tents. Credit: Courtesy of the Albert family source
The Well-Houses at the orange orchards
Every orchard had a well-house or a villa for the owners surrounded by small houses of workers. Some of the well-houses were luxurious villas as summer houses for the rich where they also had parties. Every well-house had a pool for the irrigation of the orchards, which was also used for swimming and a place for celebrations and festivities.
Jaffa, early 1940s
