Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
large Collection of Photographs – New Immigrants and Transit Camps – 1950s-1960s – Zoltán Kluger, Ephraim Ilani and Other Photographers
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Approx. 110 photographs documenting the immigration to Israel, and especially the absorption of immigrants and life in the transit camps (Ma'abarot). [Ca. 1950s to early 1960s].
The photographs document the harsh conditions in the various transit camps in Israel and the immigrants' daily life – life in shacks and tents, learning Hebrew, manual labor and handicrafts, and more. Quite a few of them depict Jewish immigrants from Yemen; four photographs document the arrival to Israel of immigrants during Operation Magic Carpet in 1949. The collection contains photographs by Zoltán Kluger, Ephraim (Efrem) Ilani, Hans Chaim Finn, Yehuda Eisenstark, Assaf Kuttin, Shimon Rapaport and others. Some of the photographs are captioned by hand on verso and some are dated.
Size varies; approx. 9X6 cm to 20X24 cm. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
The photographs document the harsh conditions in the various transit camps in Israel and the immigrants' daily life – life in shacks and tents, learning Hebrew, manual labor and handicrafts, and more. Quite a few of them depict Jewish immigrants from Yemen; four photographs document the arrival to Israel of immigrants during Operation Magic Carpet in 1949. The collection contains photographs by Zoltán Kluger, Ephraim (Efrem) Ilani, Hans Chaim Finn, Yehuda Eisenstark, Assaf Kuttin, Shimon Rapaport and others. Some of the photographs are captioned by hand on verso and some are dated.
Size varies; approx. 9X6 cm to 20X24 cm. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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