Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"Maccabi" - Photograph Album - Training Camps and Sports Competitions, 1920s-1930s

Opening: $500
Unsold
Album with about 225 photographs of athletes, training camps and competitions of Jewish sports organizations. Eastern Europe (Baranovichi, Vilnius, Nowojelnia - Belarus) and Palestine, ca. 1926-1934.
The album contains photographs documenting a training and field camp for Jewish trainees (dated by hand, 1926), young trainees with a "Maccabi" flag in the background, soccer championships in Baranovichi (early 1930s), photographs of several athletes on outings with their families, and a number of photographs from Palestine, from the Adloyada in Tel Aviv.
Photographs: 5.5X6.5 cm to 18X13 cm. Album: 32X23 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains. Creases and small tears (mostly to first photographs). The album has been restored (new back binding, spine, corners and endpapers).
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics