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Lot 95

Collection of Photographs - Children and Youths from the "Youth Aliya" / Tehran Children

Eleven photographs documenting the arrival of children and youths from Europe to Palestine and their absorption in various institutions. [Ca. 1930s/1940s].
Photographs documenting groups of children and youths upon arrival to Palestine and in various institutions. One of the photographs shows Recha Freier, founder of the "Youth Aliya" enterprise; another photograph shows children near a bus with Arabic script.
Three photographs are signed in the negative and marked with the stamp of the photographer [Julian] First (Haifa); one photograph is marked with the stamp of photographer Rudolf Jonas.
Average size: 15X9.5 cm. First's photographs: 17X11.5 cm. Good overall condition. Creases and small tears, mostly to margins. Some stains.