Collection of photographs and prints from the color separation process documenting Chabad Chassidim in Israel and in the US at the time of the demise of R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch - the Chabad Rebbe, on the 3rd of Tamuz 1994, and at his funeral.
47 color photographs (with handwritten or printed descriptions on their verso). Among the photos are pictures taken of prayers, study and shock in Kfar Chabad after notification of the Rebbe's death, travel preparations before flying to participate in the funeral, the long lines at the airport, R. Lau at the airport, attempts to purchase airplane tickets for cash, mounting the stairs to the plane, Chassidim weeping outside of the Rebbe's Beit Midrash in Brooklyn, the funeral, the assembly at the Shloshim in Kfar Chabad.
24 prints from the color separation process, for printing in a newspaper, composed of photos of the funeral procession in NY.
47 photographs (12.5X19 cm) and 24 prints (16X21.5 cm). Good condition.
Provenance: "Maariv" newspaper archive.