Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Sixteen Postcards – The Train in Palestine / "Beit Chinuch Ivrim" in Jerusalem / "Beit Ne'eman" Building

Opening: $150
Sold for: $450
Including buyer's premium
16 postcards bearing photographs documenting the train in Palestine, the students of "Beit Chinuch Ivrim" (Jerusalem's Jewish Blind Institute), and more. Various publishers and locations, [late 19th century to ca. 1920s].
• 12 postcards documentind the train in Palestine in the late 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century, including postacards depicting the stations of Haifa, Ramla, Jaffa and Jerusalem, the Ottoman railroad, and more. One postcard with undivided back (an early Dutch postcard) depicts alongside the train station of Jerusalem, the neighborhood of Mishkenot Sha'ananim ("Jodenkolonie Sir Montefiore"). • Three postcards depicting the students of "Beit Chinuch Ivrim" in Jerusalem. • A postcard published by "Levanon" (numbered: No. 1), showing a portrait of Dr. Joseph Chazanowicz on the background of the "Beit Ne'eman" building in Jerusalem [NLI].
Size and condition vary.
Souvenirs of Palestine, Postcards, "Shanah Tovah" Cards
Souvenirs of Palestine, Postcards, "Shanah Tovah" Cards