Lot 42
Six Photographs – Training Ship Sarah A – Tunis, 1937
Six photographs of the Betar maritime academy ship, TS Sarah A. Tunis, 1937 (two of the photographs may have been taken in other Mediterranean Sea ports).
1-4. Four photographs of the ship's steward, Nathan Cartagi, in the company of the ship's Captain Yirmiyahu Halperin, the ship's physician Yosef Haberstreit, during the visit of the Tunisian general Mustafa Safar Sheikh Al-Madinah, and with his dog – Jim.
5-6. Two photographs of sailors on the deck of the ship – one sailor repairing a sail and the other looking out to sea from the mast. Both stamped on verso with the official stamp of the TS Sarah A, in French.
TS Sarah A was the training ship of Betar maritime academy in Civitavecchia (Italy). In 1937, it sailed on a showcase cruise along the Mediterranean and Palestine Coast, receiving an enthusiastic reception at each and every port. Due to the concerns of the Italian authorities about an Arab revolt, the ship sailed under the French flag (therefore the official stamps are in French, indicating Marseille as the home port).
Three photographs are captioned on verso by hand (Russian). One photograph is hand-signed by Nathan Cartagi.
Four 8X13 cm photographs; two 9.5X15 cm photographs. Good overall condition. Stains and minor blemishes, mainly on verso. Additional stamps on verso.
See: The Revival of Hebrew Seamanship (Hebrew) by Yirmiyahu Halperin, ("Hadar", 1961).
