Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Collection of Invitations and Photographs – Jewish Weddings

Opening: $100
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Three printed invitations and two photographs of Jewish weddings. Modena, Lviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere, mid-19th century until the 1920s.
1-3. Three invitations: an illustrated invitation to the wedding of Abraham M. Czaczkis and Freide Gruder in the city of Lemberg (Lviv), 1852. German. * Invitation to the wedding of Amedeo Jona and Eloisa Friedman in the city of Modena, 1889. Printed by G. Pizzolotti. Italian. * Wedding invitation published by Central [Warsaw?, early 20th century?] – printed form, with spaces for filling in the names of the groom, and bride and the wedding date.
4-5. two photographs: * A photograph of a bride and groom in traditional attire on the background of an embroidered carpet, handwritten caption on verso: "Bride and groom, Samarqand, Bukhara, [1925]" (Hebrew). * A photograph of a bride and groom in Jerusalem, attached to thick paper with the inscription: "Zion Photostudio Y. Berliand Jerusalem". Captioned on verso (English) and dated: 1928.
In a cardboard folder with a tissue guard.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
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