Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
The Development of the Haifa Bay – Photographs and Maps – Haifa, 1926
Opening: $400
Unsold
Collection of photographs and maps issued by the Haifa Bay Development Comp. Ltd. [Haifa, 1926].
26 photographs of the Haifa bay, the Kishon, the Na'aman Stream and its surroundings, including the "junction of the Kishon and the Fuwarah" the Na'aman Stream, the Jedroo village with the house belonging to "the effendi, the former owner of the land acquired by the Haifa Bay Dev. Co. Ltd.", "the Kurdaneh mill" and workers preparing the land, as well as two maps of the area of the Haifa bay outlining the swamps and streams of the area and the building plans of the company. All the photographs and maps are mounted to leaves bearing the company's name in Hebrew and English, some of which bear the legend "Propaganda Material 1926".
Eight of the photographs are captioned in handwriting on the leaves, in Hebrew and English.
Albums bearing the name of the company - Haifa Bay Development Comp. Ltd., whose leaves are identical to these, are found in the collection of the NLI and the collection of the Haifa University Library; however, the photographs, maps and captions that appear there differ from those found in the present copy. Presumably, the company made several albums for advertising purposes, and the leaves offered here belong to a copy that was not completed.
In the NLI listing of the album, the photographs are attributed to Shmuel Yosef Schweig, and indeed, Schweig's archive includes photographs documenting the development works in the area of the Haifa bay. However, several of these photographs appear in the archive of photographer Raphael Ernst Salus and possibly, all the photographs were taken by him.
Raphael Ernst Salus (1897-1982), born in Czechoslovakia, immigrated to Palestine in 1921 and worked as a photographer. He was one of the group of founders of Kibbutz Cheftziba, established in 1922. For many years, he was a visitor guide at the ancient synagogue of Beit Alpha and was engaged in archeological research.
In 1925, Yosef Levi (1885-1949), an engineer, resident of Haifa, a buyer of lands and one of the founders of Nahariya, established the Haifa Bay Development Comp. Ltd., as means of realizing his dream of building a Hebrew town that will encompass the entire Haifa Bay area. The company purchased the rights to 60,000 dunam of land in the Zevulun Valley yet encountered difficulties and in 1928, the rights to most of the lands were transferred to the Jewish National Fund.
Enclosed: two maps of the Haifa Bay area bearing the title "The Haifa Bay Development Comp. Ltd.", showing the future uses of the land in the area (not in NLI).
Leaves: 29 cm. Photographs and maps: 14X9 to 12X18 cm. Enclosed maps: approx. 30X20 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Filing holes in one of the enclosed maps.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
26 photographs of the Haifa bay, the Kishon, the Na'aman Stream and its surroundings, including the "junction of the Kishon and the Fuwarah" the Na'aman Stream, the Jedroo village with the house belonging to "the effendi, the former owner of the land acquired by the Haifa Bay Dev. Co. Ltd.", "the Kurdaneh mill" and workers preparing the land, as well as two maps of the area of the Haifa bay outlining the swamps and streams of the area and the building plans of the company. All the photographs and maps are mounted to leaves bearing the company's name in Hebrew and English, some of which bear the legend "Propaganda Material 1926".
Eight of the photographs are captioned in handwriting on the leaves, in Hebrew and English.
Albums bearing the name of the company - Haifa Bay Development Comp. Ltd., whose leaves are identical to these, are found in the collection of the NLI and the collection of the Haifa University Library; however, the photographs, maps and captions that appear there differ from those found in the present copy. Presumably, the company made several albums for advertising purposes, and the leaves offered here belong to a copy that was not completed.
In the NLI listing of the album, the photographs are attributed to Shmuel Yosef Schweig, and indeed, Schweig's archive includes photographs documenting the development works in the area of the Haifa bay. However, several of these photographs appear in the archive of photographer Raphael Ernst Salus and possibly, all the photographs were taken by him.
Raphael Ernst Salus (1897-1982), born in Czechoslovakia, immigrated to Palestine in 1921 and worked as a photographer. He was one of the group of founders of Kibbutz Cheftziba, established in 1922. For many years, he was a visitor guide at the ancient synagogue of Beit Alpha and was engaged in archeological research.
In 1925, Yosef Levi (1885-1949), an engineer, resident of Haifa, a buyer of lands and one of the founders of Nahariya, established the Haifa Bay Development Comp. Ltd., as means of realizing his dream of building a Hebrew town that will encompass the entire Haifa Bay area. The company purchased the rights to 60,000 dunam of land in the Zevulun Valley yet encountered difficulties and in 1928, the rights to most of the lands were transferred to the Jewish National Fund.
Enclosed: two maps of the Haifa Bay area bearing the title "The Haifa Bay Development Comp. Ltd.", showing the future uses of the land in the area (not in NLI).
Leaves: 29 cm. Photographs and maps: 14X9 to 12X18 cm. Enclosed maps: approx. 30X20 cm. Good overall condition. Stains. Filing holes in one of the enclosed maps.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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