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Lot 129

Photo-Album – Eretz Israel – 1920s

Album with 46 black and white photographs taken by a private photographer from a personal point of view. Photographs of views, figures and sites in Eretz Israel. 1920s.
Front cover titled "Eretz Israel" with a photograph of palm trees; photographs are mounted on the album leaves, among them: Rachel's Tomb, King Solomon Pools, Western Wall, visit of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel, visit of Ahad HaAm and Usishkin to Balfouria and more. The photographs are titled on the album leaves in handwriting (Hebrew). The album is bound with a thread ending with beads.
46 photographs in different sizes mounted to the album leaves, 20X28 cm. Good condition. Ink-Stamp: Histadrut "HaShomer HaTza'ir" in Poland. Stains. Damage to binding.