Collection of postcards depicting students and teachers of the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, postcards published by Bezalel, and more. [Jerusalem and other places, early 20th century].
The collection comprises 18 postcards:
• Ten Real Photo postcards, depicting Bezalel students in their classrooms and workshops; youths standing near the Bezalel school building; students in the Bittir railway station; Bezalel artist Nechemia Bedarshi holding an artist's palette, standing beside Herzl's portrait; Baruch Agadati (the postcards reads "Baruch Ben Yehuda"), dancing; a portrait of Boris Schatz, and more. • Two memorial Real Photo postcards, one designed by Nechemia Bedarshi and the other published by Ya'acov Ben-Dov. • One postcard published by "Lith. Bezalel" (designed by Bedarshi), one postcard published by "Bnei Bezalel", and four postcards published by Ya'acov Ben-Dov.
14X9 cm. Condition varies.
Enclosed: a postcard depicting the Tower of David in Jerusalem, and a postcard depicting two works by Hermann Struck.
Provenance: Estate of Nechemia Bedarshi.

Some 110 postcards, most depict cities and towns in Palestine: Hebron, Gaza, Jericho, Ramleh, Lydda, Nablus, and more, as well as various holy places, historical and archaeological sites in Judea and Samaria. Various publishers and places of publication, late 19th century and first half of the 20th century.
The postcards depict landscapes, buildings, churches, and other important sites in Judea and Samaria, Hebron, Gaza, Jericho, Ramleh, Lydda, Nablus, and elsewhere, including: • The Temple in Sebastia. • Jacob's Well near Nablus. • Oak of Mamre in Hebron. • Excavations by the German expedition in Tell Balata. • The Monastery of Saint George. • Monastery of Mar Saba. • Elijah's fountain in Jericho. • Mount Gerizim. • And more.
The collection also includes several postcards bearing maps of Palestine and a map of Tel Aviv, a postcard depicting Tel Aviv's central bus station, and postcards depicting the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, and the houses of the institute's employees in Neve Weizmann.
Average size: 14X9 cm. Condition varies.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

34 postcards depicting Jews from Eastern European cities and towns – Lodz, Vilnius, Lida, Sighet, Kovel and elsewhere. Various publishers, Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland, and elsewhere, [First decades of 20th century].
Three postcards have undivided backs.
14X9 cm on average. Condition varies. Some postcards were used.

"Kunstkarten der Agudas Jisroel Jugendgruppe", ten postcards featuring biblical illustrations by Uriel Birnbaum. With the original cover. Vienna: Agudas Jisroel Jugendgruppe (the Youth Movement of Agudath Israel); Hermes-Druckerei. [1930s?].
14X9 cm. Condition varies.