Lot 34
Collection of Ephemera from Hotels in Palestine/Israel – Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Elsewhere, 1920s-50s
Approx. 50 pieces of ephemera from hotels and guesthouses in Palestine/Israel, including menus, invitations, letters, receipts, and more. Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and elsewhere, ca. 1920s-50s. Hebrew, English, French, German, and Arabic.
Included: • Ephemera from Jerusalem's King David Hotel: an illustrated advertising brochure, various menus (including menus for Christmas and New Year's dinners, 1937-38, some with illustrations), paper labels, letters written on the hotel's letterhead stationery, and more. • Ephemera from various hotels and guesthouses in Jerusalem: Hotel Fast, Allenby Hotel, Warshavsky Hotel, Grand New Hotel, and more. • Handwritten letters on letterhead stationery of hotels in Tel-Aviv-Jaffa: Hotel Joseph Soffer (letter from 1917), Moshe Sheftel's New York Hotel (1926), the Ritz Hotel (1935), Gat Rimmon Hotel, Hotel Pension Karpin (handwritten letter dated 1939 by author Rabbi Binyamin; signed "Y. Redler-Feldman"), and more. • Letter in Arabic on the Hotel Tiberias letterhead stationery. • Instruction brochure for guests of the Kefar HaChoresh guest house and convalescent home (founded by the Margo'ah La'Oved company). • And additional items.
Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
