"Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa" (Haifa Bay Development) company - collection of photos and copies of sketches of the Haifa Bay area [ca.1926].
• Thirty b/w photos of the Haifa Bay area, from the period of acquisition of lands in the area by "Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa". Photos of sites and views: The Kishon River and Mount Carmel, the village Jidru, workers planting, and more. Photos are mounted on album leaves. The name of the company "Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa Ltd" is printed on the upper part of the leaves, and on the lower part of some of the leaves appears a printed caption: "propaganda material 1926".
Some of the photos are accompanied by a short handwritten text, in Hebrew and in English, depicting the photographed area and the operations of "Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa" Company: “a marshy pond at the mouth of the Kishon. In the Background the Carmel. In front the ‘Nesher’ cenent-factory which produces a cement equal to the best European cement. The pond is being filled up by the Haifa Bay Dev. Co. Ltd”; “Another view of Jedroo. The walled building in the background belongs to the effendi, the former owner of the land acquired by the Haifa Bay Dev. Co. Ltd”; “View of the Bedouin Village ‘Dar-El-Beda’...the inhabitants of the village have been compensated and have left the place”; and more • Two copies of sketches of the area, mounted on album leaves: "map of the swamps and stream on the land of 'Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa' lands" (appears twice, once titled by hand and once without the title) and "'Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa Ltd.', first period of the building plans".
In 1926, when the procedure of lands acquisition by "Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa" was completed, architect Richard Kauffmann started to plan the area so to enable "Hachsharat Hayishuv" company to market and sell the lands. This album was arranged, most probably, during that period by "Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa" company, for marketing purposes.
The photos are not signed but were taken (all or part of them) by Raphael Ernst Salus (1897-1982). Salus, born in Bohemia, moved to Eretz Israel in 1921. Upon arrival he started to tour the country and document his tours. In 1922 he was one of the founders of Kibbutz Heftziba.
Enclosed are two copies of sketches of “Hachsharat Mifratz Haifa” company.
Total of 32 album leaves: 30X23 cm. Photos: ca.11X16 cm. Some photos appear in two copies (one copy with handwritten text and one without). Good condition. Foxing marks, minor tears and filing holes.

Nine photos and Real-photo postcards, [1920s].
Among the photos: • photo next to the graves of Yosef Haim Brenner and his friends, the victims of the 1921 riots, and a photo of the cemetery surroundings. • Casino "Gali Aviv" in Tel-Aviv. • Photo of youth movement members next to the mass grave of Joseph Trumpeldor and the Tel-Hai fighters, before the sculpture of the roaring lion was erected. • Yasha Hefetz playing in Tel-Aviv, 1926. • Group photo of Ze'ev Jabotinsky with a group of Beitar members; additional photo with Jabotinsky. • Additional photos. Size and condition varies.

"Delegates of the Second Assembly of Representatives of Jews in Eretz Israel 1926", large photograph. Photographer: "Zion" Photo Studio I. Berliand, Jerusalem, [1926].
Fine montage - photos of all the delegates elected to the "Assembly of Representatives", with photos of Herzl, Nordau and Ahad HaAm as well as fine illustrations of the Hebrew University, map of Eretz Israel, a farmer plowing and sitting "under his vine and under his fig tree," and a shining sun. 27.5X39.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32.5X43.5 cm. Good condition. Framed. Glue remnants to reverse of cardboard.

Poland, by Moshe Vorobeichik-Raviv. Tel Aviv, [1946].
Portfolio containing 10 photograph prints of Jewish figures in Poland.
"The photos compiled here were taken while travelling through Poland during the pre-war years. I meant only to "catch" here and there the typical and interesting, from an illustrative-photographic angle only, and these photos do not represent the entirety of Polish Jewry".
Originally Vorobeichik planned to publish an additional series of photos but the project was not feasible since "there was a shortage of paper and bad printing conditions". The portfolio includes the original cover leaf (the title "Poland" printed in red, on the background of a "Yizkor" prayer commemorating the Namyriv 1648 victims) and a leaf with a poem by Avraham Broides. [1] leaf (cover); [2] leaves; [10] plates; [1] leaf, 27 cm. In a cardboard portfolio. Good condition. Stains and minor tears. Damages to cardboard portfolio.

Walter Zadek (1900-1992), fourteen photos of the photographer Helmar Lerski (1871-1956). [Tel-Aviv, 1930s-40s].
Fourteen b/w professional photos by Walter Zadek - portraits of Helmar Lerski and photos taken during a photography workshop led by Lerski. Impressive cooperation between two artistic photographers, among the prominent photographers in Eretz Israel, prior to 1948.
Helmar Lerski was born in Strassburg to a family of Polish immigrants. During his youth he travelled through various countries. In 1893 he immigrated to the United States and was involved with theater. In 1910 he opened a photography studio in Milwaukee, and later, taught photography. Lerski returned to Europe in 1915 and settled in Berlin, where he became part of the cinema industry. Lerski was famous mainly for his staged portrait photos. His style was expressive, using lighting to create sharp contrast and light and shade effects. In 1932 he moved to Eretz Israel, settled in Tel-Aviv, and worked as a portrait photographer and film director. His apartment in Tel-Aviv served as a permanent meeting point for local photographers (Lerski served as an honorary chairman of "Association of Professional Photographers in Eretz Israel"). He held workshops on the roof of his house where he demonstrated his methods to colleagues and students.
One of the workshops, during which Lerski demonstrated use of mirrors, was documented by the photographer Walter Zadek, founder of the “Association of Professional Photographers in Eretz Israel”. Presented are four photos by Zadek which were taken during this workshop, and portray Lerski during work, as well as ten portrait photos of Lerski. The portraits were taken by Zadek in the same expressive style typical of Lerski.
11 photos, ca. 6X8.5 cm, signed by hand by Zadek, in pen, (English); three photos 6X6 cm, signed by hand by Zadek, in pencil (Hebrew). Condition varies. Overall good condition. Seven photos are in a fine passé par-tout.
See enclosed catalogue: “Helmar Lerski, Working Hands, Photographs from the 1940s”, catalogue of an exhibition in the Israel Museum. Curator: Nissan Perez. Jerusalem, 2011. (Some of the photos in this collection are documented in the catalogue).