Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Collection of Photographs - Samaritan Prayers and the Sacrificial Passover Ritual on Mount Gerizim

Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Collection of photographs depicting prayers and ceremonies of the Samaritan congregation on Mount Gerizim. [Ca. 1940s].
1-2. Two press photographs of Acme Newspictures Inc. (New York) showing a prayer of the Samaritan congregation on Mount Gerizim, Passover 1946.
20.5X15.5 cm, 18.5X18.5 cm. Good condition. Stamped on verso with the agency's ink stamp and titled on a printed leaf pasted to verso.
3-10. Eight photographs of a Passover prayer of the Samaritan congregation members on Mount Gerizim and the ceremony of the sacrificial Passover ritual. Stamped on verso: "Ephraim Haltrecht" (apparently a resident of Nahariya who was one of the designers of the town's insignia; he added to it the inscription in ancient Hebrew script).
7X11.5 cm. Good condition. Slight creases. Penciled inscriptions on verso.
Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography
Maps, Travels in Palestine, Photography