Auction 41 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art

Collection of Photographs – "Kibush" Training Camp – Lithuania, 1920s

Opening: $300
Unsold
Collection of photos from Lithuania and Eretz Israel – training camp, "Tarbut" school pupils, "Achva" group, paving roads, and more [1920s-30s].
1-9. Nine photos of the training camp "Kibush" in Lithuania (most probably "Hachalutz" training group). [Lithuania, 1920s].
Group photos of the members: agricultural work, caring for animals and more. The group's members are seen in one of the photos facing a building with a sign on its door: "Pioneers Farm Kibush 1924-1928" (Hebrew). Some of the photos are titled on the reverse, one photo is dated: 1928.
10. Group photo of "Tarbut school pupils in Utena (Lithuania). On the reverse appears and ink stamp of a photographer of Utena – "I. Garshein" (Yiddish and Lithuanian).
11. Group photo of boys and girls, members of "Achva" group, first cooperative group of "Hechalutz" in Lithuania. Utena, 1928. Titled and dated.
12. Portrait of a girl. Dedicated on the reverse and dated: "Utena, 1922",
13-19. Seven photos of Eretz Israel, [late 1920s or 1930s]. Most photos portray workers paving a road.
Attached is a municipal-supervisor certificate in the name of Zussman Balbirer who appears in some of the photos (it is possible that the photos belonged to him).
18 photos: 14X9 cm. Divided on the reverse for use as a postcard. One photo: 9X7 cm. Inscriptions in pen on the verso of some of the photos. Condition varies. Spotting. Minor damages.
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards, Graphics and Methods of Payment
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards, Graphics and Methods of Payment