Album containing about 860 photographs, by photographer Eliyahu Cohen. Eretz Israel, 1947-1950.
Eliyahu Cohen (1910-1993), born in Dusseldorf, Germany, was a member of the youth movements "Maccabi" and "Blau Weiss". With the rise of the Nazi Party into power, he left his law studies and joined an agricultural training group in Latvia organized by "HeChalutz". Immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1934, settled in kibbutz Gesher in the Jordan Valley and worked in the Naharayim Power Plant as well as in agriculture; later moved to Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov. Cohen taught himself photography and used to travel to Tel-Aviv to buy photography brochures and meet with Rudi Wiesenstein in his studio. In his photographs he documented mainly agricultural work, structures in the Kibbutz and various Kibbutz activities, trips of Kibbutz members and treks of the Palmach Patrol Unit in the Negev.
The album presented contains photographs portraying trips in the country, tours in Kibbutzim and in various sites in the Negev and the Galilee, agricultural work in fields and farms, and more. All of the album's leaves bear titles marking the location, some with the date. The album contains photographs of the following locations: Beit Shean, Ein Harod, Tel Yosef, Beit Hashita, ancient synagogue in Baram, Nebi Yosha, Malkiya, Tzlachya, Yiftach, Manara, Misgav, Kfar Gilady, Ma'ayan Baruch, Hagoshrim, Kfar Szold, Kfar Blum, Neot Mordechai, Dardara, Ayelet Hashachar, Rosh Pina, Machanayim, Hulata, Genosar, Kineret, Hukuk, Gvat, Gesher, Neve Or, Mount Tabor, Hanita, Bassa, Rosh Hanikra, Gesher Haziv, Ein Gedi, Ze'elim, Massada, Machtesh, Ma'ale Akrabim, Hatzerim, Ramon Crater, Apolonia, Tel-Aviv, Haifa and more. Several leaves are titled in more detail: "journey of 'HaTenua HaKelalit shel HaNo'ar HaLomed HaChalutzi, in Har HaNegev and Eilat" (1950), "Spring 1947"."From Nahariya to the vicinity on bicycles", "holiday on the beach in Nahariya, 1950", "Month of 'Modiin' in Safed (Kena'an Police), 1951", "month of a photography tour on 'HaKibutz HaMe'uchad' mission – Jordan valley, Hula, Eastern Galilee, Eastern Emek Yizrael, and more", "Half-Jubilee of Heftziba, summer 1947", "Tenth anniversary of Maoz, summer 1947". Several newspaper cuttings and booklets where Cohen's photographs appeared are integrated into the album; enclosed are two letters sent to Cohen. Size of photographs varies, 4X5.5 cm to 11.5X8.5 cm. [53] leaves (photographs mounted on both sides of the leaves), 35X50 cm. Not bound. Good condition.
For further information about Cohen, see:
1. Und sie haben Deutschland verlassen... müssen, Fotografen und ihre Bilder, 1928-1997, [Projektleitung]: Klaus Honeff, Frank Weyers, (published by Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Landschaftsverband Rheinland), 1997, pp 108-109.
2. Guy Raz: Photographers of Palestine Eretz Israel / Israel (1855-2000). Tel-Aviv: "Mappa", 2003. P.102.

Around 230 photographs belonging to Chief of Staff Mordechai (Motta) Gur (1930-1995).
The collection includes family photographs, childhood and youth photographs, photographs of squad commanders course in 1948, of operations in Qalqilya, Khan Yunes, El Arish, photographs with Yitzchak Rabin, Moshe Dayan and Shimon Peres, photographs of the Mitla, large photographs from Egypt, with head of Egyptian Intelligence during negotiations with Egypt and photographs after the occupation of the Old City in 1967, with Rabbi Shlomo Goren, in a formation held after the occupation, and more.
Among his roles, Gur, born in Jerusalem, served as the Tenth Chief of Staff of IDF, as Health Minister and Deputy Defense Minister. Gur also served as Company commander of the “Negev” Division during the 1948 war, a paratroopers company commander (led the company in most of the retaliation operations; was injured in Han Yunes and was awarded a “Medal of Courage”); was the commander of the Mitla Pass battle in the Sinai War; commander of the division which occupied the Old City of Jerusalem in the Six Day War; commander of the operation to release the Entebbe hostages, the “Litani” operation, and more. Size and condition vary.
Enclosed are dozens of family photographs

The Holy Land 1910-1921, Photogravures by S. Narinsky. [Produced by Jamal Brothers, Jerusalem, [1921].
A hundred and fourteen postcards (out of 118) with photos of Eretz Israel (photographed during 1910-1921). Photogravure printing was done by Jamal Brothers in 1921. The postcards were rearranged in 1990 when captions were added to each card. Each postcard is placed within a folded Bristol and protected with tissue guards. Enclosed is an introduction about the photographer Shlomo Narinsky composed by the photographer Tim Nahum Gidal. The postcards are placed in a fine case.
Case: 30.5 cm. overall good condition.

Some 88 postcards depicting Jewish topics. Europe and other locations, 20th century.
A varied collection, including postcards printed by different publishers, in different times and different countries, all concerning Jewish subjects. Among them: 18 postcards with illustrations by Alphons Levy, postcards with illustrations by Herman Yunker, postcards printed by "Williamsburg" and "Yehudiya", souvenir postcard from the 12th Zionist congress, postcards with illustrations by E.M. Lilien, Ze'ev Raban, and more. Size and condition vary. Some of the postcards in fair-poor condition.