Online Auction 016 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Calendar – Gift by "Orlogin" Company, Designed by Tuvia Aharoni – Israel, 1952

Opening: $200
Sold for: $250
Including buyer's premium
Calendar for the year 1952-1953, published by "Orlogin Ltd.", Ramat Gan, 1952. Design: Tuvia Aharoni.
A calendar attached to cardboard board. A building is illustrated on the board, apparently the factory building, and the company logo, signed in the plate "TA". The calendar is decorated with illustrations of various sites (in color) depicting the Jewish history in the country and the State of Israel: Rachel's Tomb, the Hebrew University, Tower of David, "Institutes Buildings" in Jerusalem, Misgav David memorial monument (with soldiers marching by), Trumpeldor's Tombstone [the Roaring Lion Sculpture] in Tel-Hai, Bank Leumi LeIsrael in Jerusalem, "Yeshurun" synagogue in Jerusalem and more.
"Orlogin" ltd. was founded in Ramat Gan in 1950 by the engineer David Leshem, who was to become later David Ben Gurion's son in law, and operated until 1959.
Cardboard board: 33X24 cm. Calendar: 16X12 cm. Good condition. Creases and fractures to cardboard board. Slight tears and defects to margins of board. Half-open tear to top right corner. Stains. Creases and stains to calendar.
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