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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $3,000
Sold for: $4,000
Including buyer's premium
55 JNF boxes from all over the world. Germany, England, Palestine, USA, Canada, Argentina, Mexico and elsewhere, 1930s to early 21st century.
The collection of boxes, manufactured over close to a century in three continents, reflects the scope of JNF's activity, beginning with raising funds for redeeming lands in Palestine during the first half of the 20th century and ending with afforestation and supporting the settlements from the beginning of the century to its end, as well as ideological Zionist activity among the Jews of the Diaspora.
The collection includes "Blue Boxes" from the 1930s made in Germany and Palestine, ornamental boxes, "Zion" boxes made in Palestine and bearing its short map (without the Negev) manufactured by Alfred Salzmann and Koenigshoffer, boxes bearing a long map of Palestine made in Israel during the 1940s to 1960s, manufactured by Alfred Salzmann, Chaim Murro, and others (including boxes showing Aqaba instead of Eilat), North-American and South-American boxes, boxes from various European countries, cardboard boxes, blue plastic boxes, children's boxes, and more.
Noteworthy are several boxes which do not appear in the catalog "The Blue Box" (Hebrew) by Prof. Shaul Ladani and Dotan Shulman: • A South-American metal box, unusually heavy and thick, whose front is identical to the front of the first American box – the legend "Zion" and a map of Palestine without the Negev, with Spanish legends. [ca. 1934-1948]. • South-American cardboard box, on which appears a map of forested Israel. [ca. 1980s or 1990s]. • Small Canadian cardboard box, which includes a kit for planting a tree with seeds and instructions. A joint initiative of the JNF and the Tree Canada project. [After 2007].
Enclosed: an ornamental pin designed as a JNF box, in a frame.
Size and condition vary. Good to bad overall condition.
Literature: "The Blue Box" (Hebrew) by Prof. Shaul Ladani and Dotan Shulman. Israel, 2014.
The collection of boxes, manufactured over close to a century in three continents, reflects the scope of JNF's activity, beginning with raising funds for redeeming lands in Palestine during the first half of the 20th century and ending with afforestation and supporting the settlements from the beginning of the century to its end, as well as ideological Zionist activity among the Jews of the Diaspora.
The collection includes "Blue Boxes" from the 1930s made in Germany and Palestine, ornamental boxes, "Zion" boxes made in Palestine and bearing its short map (without the Negev) manufactured by Alfred Salzmann and Koenigshoffer, boxes bearing a long map of Palestine made in Israel during the 1940s to 1960s, manufactured by Alfred Salzmann, Chaim Murro, and others (including boxes showing Aqaba instead of Eilat), North-American and South-American boxes, boxes from various European countries, cardboard boxes, blue plastic boxes, children's boxes, and more.
Noteworthy are several boxes which do not appear in the catalog "The Blue Box" (Hebrew) by Prof. Shaul Ladani and Dotan Shulman: • A South-American metal box, unusually heavy and thick, whose front is identical to the front of the first American box – the legend "Zion" and a map of Palestine without the Negev, with Spanish legends. [ca. 1934-1948]. • South-American cardboard box, on which appears a map of forested Israel. [ca. 1980s or 1990s]. • Small Canadian cardboard box, which includes a kit for planting a tree with seeds and instructions. A joint initiative of the JNF and the Tree Canada project. [After 2007].
Enclosed: an ornamental pin designed as a JNF box, in a frame.
Size and condition vary. Good to bad overall condition.
Literature: "The Blue Box" (Hebrew) by Prof. Shaul Ladani and Dotan Shulman. Israel, 2014.
Category
Herzl and the World Zionist Congress, JNF and Keren Hayesod, Revisionist Zionism
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $500
Unsold
Approx. 30 donation certificates, letters, receipts, informational brochures, handbills and other propaganda items issued by Keren Hayesod. Palestine, London, Austria, the Czech Republic, and elsewhere, 1920s to 1950s.
Among the items: · Five "Receipt-Certificates" for a donation to Keren Hayesod (two of them designed by Meir Gur-Arieh), 1920s and 1930s. · Manifests and handbills detailing the assistance given by Keren Hayesod to various goals, its planned activities and the financial resources needed to carry them out. 1920s. · Reports of a delegation of Keren Hayesod to Syria, 1928. · Typewritten letter by Ze'ev Jabotinsky in which he declines to give a speech in a meeting of Keren Hayesod. 1928. · Booklets and photograph booklets presenting the activity of Keren Hayesod. 1931 to 1949. · And more.
Keren Hayesod was established in London in 1920 as a fundraising arm of the Zionist Movement, to provide the resources needed for the Jewish people to establish a national home in Palestine.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Herzl and the World Zionist Congress, JNF and Keren Hayesod, Revisionist Zionism
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $700
Unsold
Approx. 80 booklets, broadsides, leaflets, invitation cards, photographs and other items documenting the activity of Revisionist organizations - Betar, National Youth, Union of Revisionist Zionists, the Herut Movement, and more. Palestine and Europe, ca. 1920s-1950s (several items are from later years).
Among the items: • A portrait photograph of Ze'ev Jabotinsky and a photograph of a procession of members of Betar and the Union of Revisionist Zionists to the grave of Theodor Herzl in Vienna. • Handwritten letter by an activist of the Union of Revisionist Zionists dealing with the circumstances of the Revisionists breaking from the Zionist Federation and establishing a new Zionist federation (Salonika, 1935). • Letters, written or printed on the official stationery of the "Union of Revisionist Zionist Women", "The Commission of Betar in Palestine", "Trumpeldor Union in Palestine", and more. • Invitation cards to various events, including an invitation to an evening in memory of Shlomo Ben-Yosef (given to Uri Zvi Greenberg). • Broadsides and leaflets issued by Betar, the National Youth and the Herut Movement. • Several booklets, including "The Doctrine of Jabotinsky (Inspection of the Revisionist Plan)", by Moshe Medzini (Tel-Aviv, 1927); "Ze'ev Jabotinsky – Stenographic Report of the Testimony before the Royal Commission" (Tel-Aviv, 1937). • And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Among the items: • A portrait photograph of Ze'ev Jabotinsky and a photograph of a procession of members of Betar and the Union of Revisionist Zionists to the grave of Theodor Herzl in Vienna. • Handwritten letter by an activist of the Union of Revisionist Zionists dealing with the circumstances of the Revisionists breaking from the Zionist Federation and establishing a new Zionist federation (Salonika, 1935). • Letters, written or printed on the official stationery of the "Union of Revisionist Zionist Women", "The Commission of Betar in Palestine", "Trumpeldor Union in Palestine", and more. • Invitation cards to various events, including an invitation to an evening in memory of Shlomo Ben-Yosef (given to Uri Zvi Greenberg). • Broadsides and leaflets issued by Betar, the National Youth and the Herut Movement. • Several booklets, including "The Doctrine of Jabotinsky (Inspection of the Revisionist Plan)", by Moshe Medzini (Tel-Aviv, 1927); "Ze'ev Jabotinsky – Stenographic Report of the Testimony before the Royal Commission" (Tel-Aviv, 1937). • And more.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Herzl and the World Zionist Congress, JNF and Keren Hayesod, Revisionist Zionism
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
Unsold
Approx. 65 stamps, receipts, coupons, labels and other paper items issued by Revisionist movements and organizations to promote and fund their activity. Palestine, Poland, Argentina, Brazil, and elsewhere, ca. 1930s-1940s (several later items).
Among the items: • Stamps and stamp sheets of the Tel-Chai Fund, the fundraising arm of the Revisionist Movement: stamps with portraits of Herzl, Maimonides, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Joseph Trumpeldor, Sarah Aaronsohn and others; stamps with an illustration of TS Sarah of the maritime school in Civitavecchia; and more. • Stamps of the "Sports Fund of Betar", stamp of "The Rescue Committee of the New Zionist Federation", stamps of "The Rebellion Exhibition" with portraits of Olei Hagardom, and additional stamps. • Receipts for payments and donations that were collected in Palestine and abroad for the Revisionists Zionists, Betar, the New Zionist Federation, and more. Including: receipt for "Israel Front Tax" of the New Zionist Federation, receipt for a donation to "The Enterprise of a Live-Flower on Ze'ev Jabotinsky's Grave" of the Herut Movement, receipt for a donation to "The Jubilee Fund of Betar in Palestine", receipt for a donation to "The enterprise of establishing a monument for Dov Gruner", and more. • Five paper labels at the value of 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 Mils – "The Jubilee Fund of Betar". • Three coupons (specimens) issued by the New Zionist Federation (exempting the contributor "from payment of political dues to the Nessiut, and from contributing toward the local collections"), 1936-1937. • Additional items.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Among the items: • Stamps and stamp sheets of the Tel-Chai Fund, the fundraising arm of the Revisionist Movement: stamps with portraits of Herzl, Maimonides, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Joseph Trumpeldor, Sarah Aaronsohn and others; stamps with an illustration of TS Sarah of the maritime school in Civitavecchia; and more. • Stamps of the "Sports Fund of Betar", stamp of "The Rescue Committee of the New Zionist Federation", stamps of "The Rebellion Exhibition" with portraits of Olei Hagardom, and additional stamps. • Receipts for payments and donations that were collected in Palestine and abroad for the Revisionists Zionists, Betar, the New Zionist Federation, and more. Including: receipt for "Israel Front Tax" of the New Zionist Federation, receipt for a donation to "The Enterprise of a Live-Flower on Ze'ev Jabotinsky's Grave" of the Herut Movement, receipt for a donation to "The Jubilee Fund of Betar in Palestine", receipt for a donation to "The enterprise of establishing a monument for Dov Gruner", and more. • Five paper labels at the value of 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 Mils – "The Jubilee Fund of Betar". • Three coupons (specimens) issued by the New Zionist Federation (exempting the contributor "from payment of political dues to the Nessiut, and from contributing toward the local collections"), 1936-1937. • Additional items.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Herzl and the World Zionist Congress, JNF and Keren Hayesod, Revisionist Zionism
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $800
Unsold
Approx. 110 stamp sheets, telegrams, certificates, receipts for donations, propaganda leaves and booklets, letters and additional items, issued by the Tel-Chai Fund for promoting the activity of the Revisionist Movement. Palestine, England, Poland, Austria, Latvia and elsewhere, the 1930s and 1940s (several later items).
The collection contains a variety of paper items reflecting the activity of the Tel-Chai Fund, the fundraising arm of the Revisionist Movement, established in 1929, in Palestine and abroad. Among them: • Certificates for inscription in the fund's "Shai LaLe'om" and "Luchot Habarzel" books. • Telegram forms for the Tel-Chai Fund. Poland, Latvia and Palestine. • Booklets and informational leaves for spreading the ideas of the fund and the movement. • Receipts for donations to the fundraising campaign of "Volunteer Days for the Establishment of 'Metzudat Ze'ev' – Jabotinsky's House", "The 11th of Adar Enterprise in Memory of Joseph Trumpeldor", the "Fundraising Brigades", the "Iron Fund" and more. • Letters on the official stationery of the fund. • Visitor cards to the International Conference and the National Conference of the Tel-Chai Fund. • "Synagogue Cards" and "Vow Cards" for donating to the Fund on Sabbath and Jewish Holidays. • Letters with the stamp of "Tel-Chai Fund Tax". • Stamp sheets in memory of Sarah Aharonson and Ze'ev Jabotinsky and for the occasion of interring Jabotinsky's remains in Israel. • And more.
The Tel-Chai Fund was established subsequent to the 1929 Palestine Riots, serving as a fundraising arm of the Revisionist Movement; its declared objectives were to support Jewish defense in Palestine and to educate Jewish youth to self-defense. The members of the Betar youth movement were involved in fundraising activities for the fund, which led to competition between the Tel-Chai Fund and the Jewish National Fund over fundraising.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
The collection contains a variety of paper items reflecting the activity of the Tel-Chai Fund, the fundraising arm of the Revisionist Movement, established in 1929, in Palestine and abroad. Among them: • Certificates for inscription in the fund's "Shai LaLe'om" and "Luchot Habarzel" books. • Telegram forms for the Tel-Chai Fund. Poland, Latvia and Palestine. • Booklets and informational leaves for spreading the ideas of the fund and the movement. • Receipts for donations to the fundraising campaign of "Volunteer Days for the Establishment of 'Metzudat Ze'ev' – Jabotinsky's House", "The 11th of Adar Enterprise in Memory of Joseph Trumpeldor", the "Fundraising Brigades", the "Iron Fund" and more. • Letters on the official stationery of the fund. • Visitor cards to the International Conference and the National Conference of the Tel-Chai Fund. • "Synagogue Cards" and "Vow Cards" for donating to the Fund on Sabbath and Jewish Holidays. • Letters with the stamp of "Tel-Chai Fund Tax". • Stamp sheets in memory of Sarah Aharonson and Ze'ev Jabotinsky and for the occasion of interring Jabotinsky's remains in Israel. • And more.
The Tel-Chai Fund was established subsequent to the 1929 Palestine Riots, serving as a fundraising arm of the Revisionist Movement; its declared objectives were to support Jewish defense in Palestine and to educate Jewish youth to self-defense. The members of the Betar youth movement were involved in fundraising activities for the fund, which led to competition between the Tel-Chai Fund and the Jewish National Fund over fundraising.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Herzl and the World Zionist Congress, JNF and Keren Hayesod, Revisionist Zionism
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $600
Unsold
Two broadsides published during the time of the "War of Languages", dealing with the language of instruction at the educational institutions in Palestine.
1. "Gilui Daat" (Public Statement), broadside issued by the Teachers' Center, the Language Committee and the Committee for Strengthening Hebrew Education in Palestine. [Palestine, late 1913].
The broadside opposes the decision of the board of governors of the Technion according to which "all general sciences at the Reali School and the Technion of Haifa will not be taught in Hebrew but rather in a foreign language" and explains the importance of the Hebrew language: "the language is the soul of the nation, the revival of our language is a necessary element in the revival of our nation". The broadside is signed in print by Dr. Yosef Luria on behalf of the Teachers' Center (the future Teachers Federation), Eliezer Ben Yehuda on behalf of the Language Committee and by six members of the Committee for Strengthening Hebrew Education in Palestine.
Approx. 25X40 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Filing holes in the left margin.
2. "Kol Koreh" (Public Appeal), broadside issued by the Committee for Maintaining Hebrew Education in Haifa. Haifa, December 1913.
The broadside opposes the decision of the "Ezra" society according to which the language of teaching at its educational institutions will be German, announces the establishment of a Hebrew science- and math-oriented school in Haifa (the Reali school) and invites parents to send their children to the new school.
The broadside describes the violent struggle within the educational institutions of the "Ezra" society in Jerusalem (subsequent to a strike at the "Ezra" institutions, Ottoman policemen and soldiers were placed in the institutions, and these, as stated in this broadside, acted violently towards the teachers and students). An Ottoman revenue stamp on top.
22.5X43 cm. Good condition. A few minor stains. Torn filing holes in the margins. Small tears along fold lines and an open tear in the upper right corner. Mounted on thin acid-free paper.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. "Gilui Daat" (Public Statement), broadside issued by the Teachers' Center, the Language Committee and the Committee for Strengthening Hebrew Education in Palestine. [Palestine, late 1913].
The broadside opposes the decision of the board of governors of the Technion according to which "all general sciences at the Reali School and the Technion of Haifa will not be taught in Hebrew but rather in a foreign language" and explains the importance of the Hebrew language: "the language is the soul of the nation, the revival of our language is a necessary element in the revival of our nation". The broadside is signed in print by Dr. Yosef Luria on behalf of the Teachers' Center (the future Teachers Federation), Eliezer Ben Yehuda on behalf of the Language Committee and by six members of the Committee for Strengthening Hebrew Education in Palestine.
Approx. 25X40 cm. Good condition. Fold lines. Filing holes in the left margin.
2. "Kol Koreh" (Public Appeal), broadside issued by the Committee for Maintaining Hebrew Education in Haifa. Haifa, December 1913.
The broadside opposes the decision of the "Ezra" society according to which the language of teaching at its educational institutions will be German, announces the establishment of a Hebrew science- and math-oriented school in Haifa (the Reali school) and invites parents to send their children to the new school.
The broadside describes the violent struggle within the educational institutions of the "Ezra" society in Jerusalem (subsequent to a strike at the "Ezra" institutions, Ottoman policemen and soldiers were placed in the institutions, and these, as stated in this broadside, acted violently towards the teachers and students). An Ottoman revenue stamp on top.
22.5X43 cm. Good condition. A few minor stains. Torn filing holes in the margins. Small tears along fold lines and an open tear in the upper right corner. Mounted on thin acid-free paper.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Herzl and the World Zionist Congress, JNF and Keren Hayesod, Revisionist Zionism
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
"Regulations of the cooperative vine-growers association of the Rishon LeZion and Zichron Ya'akov wineries LTD". Rishon LeZion, [ca. 1910s]. Hebrew.
A list of regulations, typewritten on eight separate pages, regularizing the activity of the "Vine-Growers Association" of Palestine: the aim of the association, planting vineyards, accepting new members, allocating funds, meetings and committees, and other subjects.
"The Vine-Growers Association" ("Agudat HaKormim") was established in 1905 by a group of farmers from the wineries of Baron Edmund de Rothschild. The vine-growers' goal was to take responsibility for the wineries and the trade and after a successful trial period, the Baron was persuaded to give them the authority over the wineries. The association is still active.
8 pp (separate leaves), approx. 33.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, filing holes and fold lines. Tears along the top of the first leaf, reinforced with a paper strip mounted on verso. Handwriting on top of the first leaf and several handwritten corrections on other pages.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
A list of regulations, typewritten on eight separate pages, regularizing the activity of the "Vine-Growers Association" of Palestine: the aim of the association, planting vineyards, accepting new members, allocating funds, meetings and committees, and other subjects.
"The Vine-Growers Association" ("Agudat HaKormim") was established in 1905 by a group of farmers from the wineries of Baron Edmund de Rothschild. The vine-growers' goal was to take responsibility for the wineries and the trade and after a successful trial period, the Baron was persuaded to give them the authority over the wineries. The association is still active.
8 pp (separate leaves), approx. 33.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, filing holes and fold lines. Tears along the top of the first leaf, reinforced with a paper strip mounted on verso. Handwriting on top of the first leaf and several handwritten corrections on other pages.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $500
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Nomenclature des bureaux de poste et de télégraphe de L'empire [Nomenclature of the Post and Telegraph Offices of the Ottoman Empire]. Constantinople: Direction générale des postes des télégraphes et des telephones Ottomans [The head office of the Ottoman telegraph and telephone stations], Mahmoud Bey Press, 1909. French and Arabic.
Alphabetic list of the post and telegraph offices of the Ottoman empire, including departments, places, districts, travel directions, and more. A bilingual book, in French and Arabic, with title pages in the two languages. At the beginning of the book, there is an index of abbreviations and references and lists of offices located on the railroads from Turkey to Asia (including Jerusalem and Haifa) and from Turkey to Europe.
On the inside front cover (on the French side) is a bookplate (by E.M. Lilien) of Davis Trietsch (1870-1935) – a writer, Zionist activist, and member of the Democratic Fraction, the young opposition party that presented an alternative to Herzl's doctrine.
The front cover (on the French side) is stamped, presumably with the owner's stamp of Heinrich Karl Abraham Imhoff Pascha (1854-1918), a Lieutenant General of the Prussian and Ottoman armies and a military writer.
[2] leaves, 48 pp, [3] leaves; 92, [2] pp (mispagination), 31 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. The first leaves of the French part are dark. Tears along edges of several leaves. The French title page is cut in its upper part (missing piece, slightly affecting the text). Several leaves are detached. Minor worming. Stains and blemishes to binding.
Not recorded in OCLC.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Alphabetic list of the post and telegraph offices of the Ottoman empire, including departments, places, districts, travel directions, and more. A bilingual book, in French and Arabic, with title pages in the two languages. At the beginning of the book, there is an index of abbreviations and references and lists of offices located on the railroads from Turkey to Asia (including Jerusalem and Haifa) and from Turkey to Europe.
On the inside front cover (on the French side) is a bookplate (by E.M. Lilien) of Davis Trietsch (1870-1935) – a writer, Zionist activist, and member of the Democratic Fraction, the young opposition party that presented an alternative to Herzl's doctrine.
The front cover (on the French side) is stamped, presumably with the owner's stamp of Heinrich Karl Abraham Imhoff Pascha (1854-1918), a Lieutenant General of the Prussian and Ottoman armies and a military writer.
[2] leaves, 48 pp, [3] leaves; 92, [2] pp (mispagination), 31 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. The first leaves of the French part are dark. Tears along edges of several leaves. The French title page is cut in its upper part (missing piece, slightly affecting the text). Several leaves are detached. Minor worming. Stains and blemishes to binding.
Not recorded in OCLC.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $2,750
Including buyer's premium
A Pilgrimage Souvenir, an advertising booklet for the Hejaz railway. Constantinople (Istanbul): Archar Garoyan Press, 1913. English, Russian and Arabic.
A booklet for the passengers of the Hejaz railway. The booklet contains information for the pilgrims to Al-Madinah, in English, Russian and Arabic – the price of a ticket to Al-Madinah on the train from Haifa and from Damascus, the dining and bedding options offered on the train, the stations, and more. The booklet also contains ten photographs: a photograph of the train station in Haifa (with the monument erected there), a photograph of the Haifa bay, a photograph of the Prophet's Mosque in Al-Madinah, five photographs of the railroad cars from the inside and outside, and more. At the beginning of the booklet is a map of the Middle East, in Arabic, showing the route of the Hejaz railway, including the extension of the railroad track that connected Daraa and Haifa (The Valley Train).
The construction of the Hejaz railway started in 1900, upon the order of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and it was officially opened in 1908. The railroad passed through Damascus in Syria and Al-Madinah in Hejaz; an extension of the railroad, which connected Haifa to the Syrian town Daraa, passed through the area of Palestine. The Sultan's plan to continue the building of the railroad until it reached the city of Mecca was never realized.
[1] map, [5] photographic plates, [10] pp, [5] photographic plates, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains on several leaves. The leaves were trimmed causing slight damage to text and the frames of the photographs. Stains and minor blemishes to cover.
Not recorded in OCLC.
A booklet for the passengers of the Hejaz railway. The booklet contains information for the pilgrims to Al-Madinah, in English, Russian and Arabic – the price of a ticket to Al-Madinah on the train from Haifa and from Damascus, the dining and bedding options offered on the train, the stations, and more. The booklet also contains ten photographs: a photograph of the train station in Haifa (with the monument erected there), a photograph of the Haifa bay, a photograph of the Prophet's Mosque in Al-Madinah, five photographs of the railroad cars from the inside and outside, and more. At the beginning of the booklet is a map of the Middle East, in Arabic, showing the route of the Hejaz railway, including the extension of the railroad track that connected Daraa and Haifa (The Valley Train).
The construction of the Hejaz railway started in 1900, upon the order of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and it was officially opened in 1908. The railroad passed through Damascus in Syria and Al-Madinah in Hejaz; an extension of the railroad, which connected Haifa to the Syrian town Daraa, passed through the area of Palestine. The Sultan's plan to continue the building of the railroad until it reached the city of Mecca was never realized.
[1] map, [5] photographic plates, [10] pp, [5] photographic plates, 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains on several leaves. The leaves were trimmed causing slight damage to text and the frames of the photographs. Stains and minor blemishes to cover.
Not recorded in OCLC.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
23 paper items, most of them letters, documenting the living conditions of the Palestinian Jewish refugees in Egypt; sent to Yehoshua Gordon, a Zionist activist and the secretary of the Refugees Administration of the British government in Egypt. Alexandria, Cairo and Port Said, ca. 1915-1918. Hebrew, English and French.
When the Ottoman Empire joined World War I, alongside the Central Powers, all subjects of the Entente Powers in Palestine became enemy subjects and were required to accept Ottoman citizenship or leave the country. In the winter of 1914, Jamal Pasha ordered the deportation of all Russian subjects to Egypt; hundreds of residents of Jaffa and Tel-Aviv were taken violently from their houses and deported to Egypt on board of the SS Florio. In Egypt, an "Aid Committee for the Exiles of Palestine and Egypt" was established to support the refugees. The British-Egyptian authorities also helped the refugees, housing them in large facilities where they could maintain their community, cultural and educational systems.
The items before us document the hardships of the exiles, their poverty, and how difficult it was for them to make a living as well as their hope to return home and their efforts to establish Hebrew-national life on Egyptian land.
Among the items:
• Letters to Yehoshua Gordon by David and Ya'akov Marcus; handwritten, some on the official stationery of the Refugees Administration (of the British Government). The letters, which were sent to Gordon during ca. 1915-1918, contain reports about events in Egypt and the living conditions of the Jewish refugees. One of the letters describes the arrival of refugees of the Armenian genocide in Alexandria.
In a letter from September 1915, David Marcus describes the arrival of two new refugee ships in Alexandria and writes: "the old hope of organizing Hebrew institutions in Alexandria was reborn. The thirst to do something returned" (Hebrew). Later in the letter, Marcus relates the establishment of a first, temporary, committee of the Jews of Alexandria: "Yesterday a temporary committee was established, with five members and two advisors, whose goal is to organize the Hebrews that are located in Alexandria for everything that belongs to the national-Zionist 'trio': country, nation, language" (Hebrew).
In a letter from October 1915, Ya'akov Marcus reports on Hebrew lessons in Alexandria.
• A letter by Bezalel Yaffe, handwritten on the official stationery of the Repatriation Committee Jaffa. In the letter, Yaffe announces that "the Repatriation Committee wants to visit the places where there are still residents of Jaffa, to arrange their return…" (Hebrew).
• Three receipts of the Port Said Hebrew Association 'Herzlia'; a French booklet issued by the association (1915); and a French handwritten letter on the association's official stationery.
• And more.
Yehoshua Gordon (1885-1943), a member of a family of pioneers, founders of Rechovot, studied at the London University and was involved in Zionist activity in England. When he returned to Palestine, he received British citizenship and during World War I, was appointed an official of the British Government in Egypt, serving as the secretary of the Refugees Administration. Due to his ties with the British, he succeeded in greatly assisting the Palestinian refugees in Egypt. He founded the "Herzlia" Hebrew school in Port Said and taught Hebrew there. He was also involved in establishing the Zion Mule Corps in Egypt and active in the camp of Armenian refugees who were brought to Port Said from Musa Dağı. After the war, he returned to Palestine and when it was conquered by the British was appointed liaison officer between the British military government and the Jewish Yishuv.
23 items. Size and condition vary.
When the Ottoman Empire joined World War I, alongside the Central Powers, all subjects of the Entente Powers in Palestine became enemy subjects and were required to accept Ottoman citizenship or leave the country. In the winter of 1914, Jamal Pasha ordered the deportation of all Russian subjects to Egypt; hundreds of residents of Jaffa and Tel-Aviv were taken violently from their houses and deported to Egypt on board of the SS Florio. In Egypt, an "Aid Committee for the Exiles of Palestine and Egypt" was established to support the refugees. The British-Egyptian authorities also helped the refugees, housing them in large facilities where they could maintain their community, cultural and educational systems.
The items before us document the hardships of the exiles, their poverty, and how difficult it was for them to make a living as well as their hope to return home and their efforts to establish Hebrew-national life on Egyptian land.
Among the items:
• Letters to Yehoshua Gordon by David and Ya'akov Marcus; handwritten, some on the official stationery of the Refugees Administration (of the British Government). The letters, which were sent to Gordon during ca. 1915-1918, contain reports about events in Egypt and the living conditions of the Jewish refugees. One of the letters describes the arrival of refugees of the Armenian genocide in Alexandria.
In a letter from September 1915, David Marcus describes the arrival of two new refugee ships in Alexandria and writes: "the old hope of organizing Hebrew institutions in Alexandria was reborn. The thirst to do something returned" (Hebrew). Later in the letter, Marcus relates the establishment of a first, temporary, committee of the Jews of Alexandria: "Yesterday a temporary committee was established, with five members and two advisors, whose goal is to organize the Hebrews that are located in Alexandria for everything that belongs to the national-Zionist 'trio': country, nation, language" (Hebrew).
In a letter from October 1915, Ya'akov Marcus reports on Hebrew lessons in Alexandria.
• A letter by Bezalel Yaffe, handwritten on the official stationery of the Repatriation Committee Jaffa. In the letter, Yaffe announces that "the Repatriation Committee wants to visit the places where there are still residents of Jaffa, to arrange their return…" (Hebrew).
• Three receipts of the Port Said Hebrew Association 'Herzlia'; a French booklet issued by the association (1915); and a French handwritten letter on the association's official stationery.
• And more.
Yehoshua Gordon (1885-1943), a member of a family of pioneers, founders of Rechovot, studied at the London University and was involved in Zionist activity in England. When he returned to Palestine, he received British citizenship and during World War I, was appointed an official of the British Government in Egypt, serving as the secretary of the Refugees Administration. Due to his ties with the British, he succeeded in greatly assisting the Palestinian refugees in Egypt. He founded the "Herzlia" Hebrew school in Port Said and taught Hebrew there. He was also involved in establishing the Zion Mule Corps in Egypt and active in the camp of Armenian refugees who were brought to Port Said from Musa Dağı. After the war, he returned to Palestine and when it was conquered by the British was appointed liaison officer between the British military government and the Jewish Yishuv.
23 items. Size and condition vary.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $600
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Five large photographs of Zion Mule Corps soldiers, by the photographers Aziz Bandarli and Umberto Dorés. Alexandria, [1915].
Five photographs that were presumably taken in a military camp in Alexandria, before the Zion Mule Corps left to fight in Gallipoli in April 1915: • Photograph from a visit of Rabbi Dr. Raphael de la Pergola, the Chief Rabbi of Alexandria. • Photograph of a formation of soldiers from the Corps in front of their commander, Colonel John Henry Patterson. • Three photographs depicting the soldiers of the Corps alongside men and women in festive clothing; possibly taken during a visit of the dignitaries of the Jewish community of Alexandria to the camp.
The photographs were taken by the Italian photographers Aziz Bandarli and Umberto Dorés, active in Alexandria. All five bear embossed stamps in their lower right corner ("Aziz & Dorés- Alexandrie") and are mounted on cardboard. On four of the mounts appear labels with the legend "Aziz & Dorés - Rue de l'Hospital Grec 3. Alexandrie".
The Zion Mule Corps was the first Jewish unit in the British Army; it served, in practice, as a transport unit which numbered about 650 Jewish soldiers. The corps was commanded by Colonel John Patterson, his deputy being Joseph Trumpeldor, who even replaced Patterson as the commander of the Corps during the final months of its existence, after Patterson resigned his position due to an illness.
Photographs: 18X28.5 cm. Cardboard mounts: 33.5X24 cm to 34.4X25 cm. Good to good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and minor blemishes to the recto of cardboard mounts. Abrasions and blemishes to verso of mounts. A vertical cut to the margin of one of the mounts (alongside the photograph), reinforced with tape on verso. Worming and a long tear to one photograph (depicting the military formation) and cuts to the margins of its mount (cut and tears reinforced with tape on verso).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Five photographs that were presumably taken in a military camp in Alexandria, before the Zion Mule Corps left to fight in Gallipoli in April 1915: • Photograph from a visit of Rabbi Dr. Raphael de la Pergola, the Chief Rabbi of Alexandria. • Photograph of a formation of soldiers from the Corps in front of their commander, Colonel John Henry Patterson. • Three photographs depicting the soldiers of the Corps alongside men and women in festive clothing; possibly taken during a visit of the dignitaries of the Jewish community of Alexandria to the camp.
The photographs were taken by the Italian photographers Aziz Bandarli and Umberto Dorés, active in Alexandria. All five bear embossed stamps in their lower right corner ("Aziz & Dorés- Alexandrie") and are mounted on cardboard. On four of the mounts appear labels with the legend "Aziz & Dorés - Rue de l'Hospital Grec 3. Alexandrie".
The Zion Mule Corps was the first Jewish unit in the British Army; it served, in practice, as a transport unit which numbered about 650 Jewish soldiers. The corps was commanded by Colonel John Patterson, his deputy being Joseph Trumpeldor, who even replaced Patterson as the commander of the Corps during the final months of its existence, after Patterson resigned his position due to an illness.
Photographs: 18X28.5 cm. Cardboard mounts: 33.5X24 cm to 34.4X25 cm. Good to good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and minor blemishes to the recto of cardboard mounts. Abrasions and blemishes to verso of mounts. A vertical cut to the margin of one of the mounts (alongside the photograph), reinforced with tape on verso. Worming and a long tear to one photograph (depicting the military formation) and cuts to the margins of its mount (cut and tears reinforced with tape on verso).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
Catalogue
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
A varied collection of 27 printed items, letters and photographs related to the Jewish Legion. Various places in Palestine, the 1910s and 1920s (one item from Vilnius, 1930).
Among the items:
• Six photographs: photographic portrait of the Jewish Legion founder Ze'ev Jabotinsky, wearing its uniform; photographic portrait of the Jewish Legion commander John Henry Patterson, wearing its uniform; photograph of volunteers on a train from Jerusalem to the Sarafand camp (photographer: Ya'akov Ben Dov); two photographs of Chaim Weizmann flying the flag of the Jewish Legion during a ceremony of returning Torah Scrolls to Tel Aviv in 1918; and more.
• Five handwritten letters, written on the official stationery of the Legion (differing from each other): three letters by Jewish Legion soldiers (Hebrew. One of them long, with an interesting description of daily life in the Legion); two letters by a Jewish woman to her husband who was a soldier of the Legion (Russian. Printed on one of them, in red ink: "Magen David Adom").
• Invitation card and entrance ticket to "A reception in honor of the Jewish soldiers at the British camp, who will come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Rosh HaSahana holiday". [1918].
• Program for "The New Year of the Trees, 'Neter Forest', Tu B'Shvat [1920]… with the participation of the first Hebrew Legion".
• "Prayer and thanksgiving for the bringing of the flag of the 40th battalion of the Royal Fusiliers to the 'Beit Ya'akov' great synagogue in Jerusalem, on Thursday, the sixth of Hanukkah… (December 17, 1925)". [Jerusalem]: "Hamadpis" Press, 1925.
• Micrographic portrait of Ze'ev Jabotinsky wearing the uniform of the Legion. Text: from his personal memoirs. Mounted to a thick cardboard plate, signed in the plate: "N. Kopolowitz" (Yiddish), and dated 5690 [1930], Vilnius. Yiddish. Handwritten inscription on verso.
• And more.
Enclosed: A postal envelope marking 40 years to the foundation of the Zion Mule Corps.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Among the items:
• Six photographs: photographic portrait of the Jewish Legion founder Ze'ev Jabotinsky, wearing its uniform; photographic portrait of the Jewish Legion commander John Henry Patterson, wearing its uniform; photograph of volunteers on a train from Jerusalem to the Sarafand camp (photographer: Ya'akov Ben Dov); two photographs of Chaim Weizmann flying the flag of the Jewish Legion during a ceremony of returning Torah Scrolls to Tel Aviv in 1918; and more.
• Five handwritten letters, written on the official stationery of the Legion (differing from each other): three letters by Jewish Legion soldiers (Hebrew. One of them long, with an interesting description of daily life in the Legion); two letters by a Jewish woman to her husband who was a soldier of the Legion (Russian. Printed on one of them, in red ink: "Magen David Adom").
• Invitation card and entrance ticket to "A reception in honor of the Jewish soldiers at the British camp, who will come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Rosh HaSahana holiday". [1918].
• Program for "The New Year of the Trees, 'Neter Forest', Tu B'Shvat [1920]… with the participation of the first Hebrew Legion".
• "Prayer and thanksgiving for the bringing of the flag of the 40th battalion of the Royal Fusiliers to the 'Beit Ya'akov' great synagogue in Jerusalem, on Thursday, the sixth of Hanukkah… (December 17, 1925)". [Jerusalem]: "Hamadpis" Press, 1925.
• Micrographic portrait of Ze'ev Jabotinsky wearing the uniform of the Legion. Text: from his personal memoirs. Mounted to a thick cardboard plate, signed in the plate: "N. Kopolowitz" (Yiddish), and dated 5690 [1930], Vilnius. Yiddish. Handwritten inscription on verso.
• And more.
Enclosed: A postal envelope marking 40 years to the foundation of the Zion Mule Corps.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Ottoman Palestine, WWI, Mandatory Palestine and Jewish Enlistment to the British Armys
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