Lot 396
Two Ornamented Wood Albums of Eretz Israel
1. "Collection of Flowers and Pictures of Holy Sites in the Holy Land, Jerusalem" Album. Lithographic printing [in color], A.L. Monsohn, Jerusalem, [1920s]. With dried flowers. Bound in a special olive wood binding, decorated with scorched decorations: in front the inscription "Olive", "Jerusalem" "flowers of Israel". On the reverse – an image of the Temple with palm trees on both sides. 10.5X16.5 cm.
2. Photo album (opens from left to right), [ca.1936-39]. On the front binding appears a drawing of settlements with a tower ("Stockade and Tower") and the writing "We are the Wall". On the reverse the inscription "Bezalel, Givat-Brenner".It seems that the album was created by a Givat Brenner Kibbutz member Aryeh "Kula" Gavrieli. 19X28 cm. Good condition. Photos of the 1930s-40s remained in the album.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
