Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Feigenbaum Family Archive - Early Photographs of Jewish Clinics in Jerusalem and a Large Collection of Letters
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Thirty five photographs of clinics in Jerusalem and about 200 letters, from the archive of the Feigenbaum family. Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Rehovot, Berlin and other places, ca. 1910s until the early 1970s. Hebrew, English and some German.
The archive includes:
* Album with thirty three photographs (mounted on album's leaves), of the Eye Department in the "Jewish Health Bureau" hospital in Jerusalem, directed by Aryeh Feigenbaum, ca. 1913-1916. The photographs show the medical team, treating patients, beds and hospital's room, laboratory tests and more. At the beginning of the album appears a photograph of the medical team at the entrance to "Meir Rothschild Hospital".
* Large group photograph (mounted on cardboard) of participants in the "First Trachoma Convention" in 1914 in Jerusalem. Seen in the photograph are the physicians Aryeh Feigenbaum, Avraham Ticho, Naftali Weitz, Aryeh Goldenberg, Aharon Meir Mazia, Sonia Belkind, Miriam Nofech and others. Approx. 38.5X27.5 cm.
* Photograph of patients in the yard of one of the eye hospitals in Jerusalem in 1918. Titled and dated by hand on the back (Hebrew). Approx. 16X11 cm.
* About 200 handwritten letters (a few letters are typewritten) exchanged between Feigenbaum family members. Most letters were sent to Hemda during the 1930s (when she stayed in the United States), and are written by more than one family member. Several letters were sent from Jerusalem during the Independence War, some of them are from later years and some are from friends and acquaintances. Among the letters, appear eight letters from Yigael Sukenik - birth name of the IDF Chief of Staff and archeologist Yigael Yadin who sent them in the 1930s (some are long and detailed and contain interesting facts about his life durng that period).
Enclosed: about 35 paper items, including postcards, handwritten notes, invitations to events, and more.
Total of 35 photographs and about 200 letters. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. The album in fair-poor condition. Some photographs are defected or faded. Some with stains, peelings and tears.
The archive includes:
* Album with thirty three photographs (mounted on album's leaves), of the Eye Department in the "Jewish Health Bureau" hospital in Jerusalem, directed by Aryeh Feigenbaum, ca. 1913-1916. The photographs show the medical team, treating patients, beds and hospital's room, laboratory tests and more. At the beginning of the album appears a photograph of the medical team at the entrance to "Meir Rothschild Hospital".
* Large group photograph (mounted on cardboard) of participants in the "First Trachoma Convention" in 1914 in Jerusalem. Seen in the photograph are the physicians Aryeh Feigenbaum, Avraham Ticho, Naftali Weitz, Aryeh Goldenberg, Aharon Meir Mazia, Sonia Belkind, Miriam Nofech and others. Approx. 38.5X27.5 cm.
* Photograph of patients in the yard of one of the eye hospitals in Jerusalem in 1918. Titled and dated by hand on the back (Hebrew). Approx. 16X11 cm.
* About 200 handwritten letters (a few letters are typewritten) exchanged between Feigenbaum family members. Most letters were sent to Hemda during the 1930s (when she stayed in the United States), and are written by more than one family member. Several letters were sent from Jerusalem during the Independence War, some of them are from later years and some are from friends and acquaintances. Among the letters, appear eight letters from Yigael Sukenik - birth name of the IDF Chief of Staff and archeologist Yigael Yadin who sent them in the 1930s (some are long and detailed and contain interesting facts about his life durng that period).
Enclosed: about 35 paper items, including postcards, handwritten notes, invitations to events, and more.
Total of 35 photographs and about 200 letters. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. The album in fair-poor condition. Some photographs are defected or faded. Some with stains, peelings and tears.
Autographs, Letters and Archives
Autographs, Letters and Archives