Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Postcard Album - Photographs and Portraits of Rabbis and Zionist Leaders - Poland, Early 20th Century

Opening: $200
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
"Album of Zionist and Oriental Activists in Various Countries and in Poland". Published by "I.T.W., [Poland? Early 20th century].
25 postcards with photographs and portraits of rabbis and Zionist figures: Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl, Haim Weizmann, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Max Nordau, Nahum Sokolov, Zvi Kalisher, Shmuel Mohiliver, and others. Placed in a folding paper album.
On front of the album appear a Star of David and the title "Album of Zionist and Oriental Activists in Various Countries and in Poland" (Hebrew), and on verso appears the same title in Yiddish and Polish. On the margins appears: "I.T.W.". Most postcards are signed in the plate "ITW".
Album: approx. 16X11.5 cm. Postcards in good condition. Album in fair condition, with creases and tears (some open tears, repaiered with adhesive tape). On the front cover appears a handwritten inscription (peeled and blurred).
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