Auction 18 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Construction Workers in Tel Aviv, 1920s

Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Sixteen photographs of construction workers. Tel Aviv and Zrifin, 1920s.
Impressive photographs of construction workers: excavation of stones, loading camels, preparing cement, and more. Amongst them: Photographs by "H. Brill" and a photograph documenting the construction of "Beit Elhanan Krosarsky" on 73 Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, designed by the architect Y.Z. Tabachnik (Tavori). One photograph is annotated on the reverse "Zrifin". All are divided on the back for use as a postcard. 9x14 cm. Good condition, varies. Stains, some have two cut corners.
Photography, 20th Century
Photography, 20th Century