Newspaper holder. [Palestine, ca. 1930s-1940s].
A cardboard holder for reading the paper, shaped as a book's binding with a cloth spine. On the outside of the binding, a paper label is mounted with the name "Klein's Lending of Periodicals" and an advertisement for the "Matossian" Cigarette. On the inside of the binding, a bookplate of the "Atara Cafe" is mounted. The "Atara Cafe" operated in Tel Aviv since 1924 and in Jerusalem since 1938.
31.5x40.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears along edges. Blemishes. In a transparent nylon cover.