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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $150
Sold for: $575
Including buyer's premium
Five postcards that were sent by Zionists and by Zionist organizations during the First and Second Aliyah. Palestine and Pinsk, 1890-1914. Hebrew. One postcard is in Russian.
1. Postcard handwritten and signed by Abraham Moses Luncz, addressed to Hirsch Hildesheimer (Azriel Hildesheimer's son). Jerusalem, 1890 (sent to Berlin).
2. Postcard handwritten and signed by Menachem Ussishkin. On recto, a picture of the Dome of the Rock and on verso - a handwritten greeting (Russian): "Regards to you… from holy Jerusalem – The Mosque of Omar at the place of Solomon's Temple…". Jerusalem, 1912. The postcard was published by Y. Ben Dov.
3. Postcard that was sent to Yishai Belkind from the colony of Rishon LeZion, with a report about Palestine: "The situation in Palestine in general and the Galilee in particular was very bad so far, many casualties… approx. six people were killed in the Galilee alone" (Hebrew). Signed "Ya'akov" with regards on behalf of "Avshalom Fein" (presumably – Avshalom Feinberg). Rishon LeZion, 1914.
4. Postcard published by the "Information Bureau in Plaestine", with information for the Jewish immigrant to Palestine (professions in demand, required capital and more). Sent to Alexandria, to the representative of the "Carmel Winery" in Egypt, David Yudilovich. Jaffa, 1910.
5. Official postcard by "The Pinsker Committee of the Jewish Colonialization Association (J.C.A)" to "The Hebrew Gymnasium – Jaffa". Pinsk, 1912.
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Filing holes and abrasions to two postcards (restored filing holes in one).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. Postcard handwritten and signed by Abraham Moses Luncz, addressed to Hirsch Hildesheimer (Azriel Hildesheimer's son). Jerusalem, 1890 (sent to Berlin).
2. Postcard handwritten and signed by Menachem Ussishkin. On recto, a picture of the Dome of the Rock and on verso - a handwritten greeting (Russian): "Regards to you… from holy Jerusalem – The Mosque of Omar at the place of Solomon's Temple…". Jerusalem, 1912. The postcard was published by Y. Ben Dov.
3. Postcard that was sent to Yishai Belkind from the colony of Rishon LeZion, with a report about Palestine: "The situation in Palestine in general and the Galilee in particular was very bad so far, many casualties… approx. six people were killed in the Galilee alone" (Hebrew). Signed "Ya'akov" with regards on behalf of "Avshalom Fein" (presumably – Avshalom Feinberg). Rishon LeZion, 1914.
4. Postcard published by the "Information Bureau in Plaestine", with information for the Jewish immigrant to Palestine (professions in demand, required capital and more). Sent to Alexandria, to the representative of the "Carmel Winery" in Egypt, David Yudilovich. Jaffa, 1910.
5. Official postcard by "The Pinsker Committee of the Jewish Colonialization Association (J.C.A)" to "The Hebrew Gymnasium – Jaffa". Pinsk, 1912.
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Filing holes and abrasions to two postcards (restored filing holes in one).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $100
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A postcard with a group photograph of Jews who were deported from Palestine to Alexandria by order of Djemal Pasha, during World War I. [1915].
A group photograph of Jewish Palestinian exiles in Alexandria next to a cinema. Captioned in the plate: "Picture of Palestinian exiles at the cinema, Alexandria the second day of Chol HaMoed Passover 1915. Photograph Y. Wolfhart of Jerusalem" (Hebrew).
With the outbreak of World War I, most of the Jewish citizens of Palestine, members of the first and second Aliyah who lived in Palestine without Turkish citizenship, became enemy aliens. The Governor of Greater Syria, Djemal Pasha, ordered the deportation of all enemy citizens, and on December 17, 1914, hundreds of the Jewish residents of Jaffa were separated from their families and sent penniless to Egypt on a crowded ship. Over the next few weeks, additional Jews were deported under similar conditions, whereas those who remained in Palestine were victims of looting, harassment and confiscation of property.
9X14 cm. Good condition. Several minor stains. Abbrasions and minor blemishes. Stamp on verso.
A group photograph of Jewish Palestinian exiles in Alexandria next to a cinema. Captioned in the plate: "Picture of Palestinian exiles at the cinema, Alexandria the second day of Chol HaMoed Passover 1915. Photograph Y. Wolfhart of Jerusalem" (Hebrew).
With the outbreak of World War I, most of the Jewish citizens of Palestine, members of the first and second Aliyah who lived in Palestine without Turkish citizenship, became enemy aliens. The Governor of Greater Syria, Djemal Pasha, ordered the deportation of all enemy citizens, and on December 17, 1914, hundreds of the Jewish residents of Jaffa were separated from their families and sent penniless to Egypt on a crowded ship. Over the next few weeks, additional Jews were deported under similar conditions, whereas those who remained in Palestine were victims of looting, harassment and confiscation of property.
9X14 cm. Good condition. Several minor stains. Abbrasions and minor blemishes. Stamp on verso.
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $200
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Ledger - "The synagogue's income, recorded by the gabbai R. Yisrael Arkin, nominated on Motzaei Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh Iyar 1907, here in the Mazkeret Batya-Ekron colony". Mazkeret Batya, 1907-1912.
Ledger (tall and narrow format) recording the synagogue's revenue – donations from the colony residents and guests in 1907-1912. The ledger begins with a list of 42 donors, comprising the names of most of the colony's founders and their family members. Additional lists at the end of the ledger – expenses for 1910-1911, and two other lists of "expenses, by Yisrael Arkin" – the gabbai, which document his method of money-management, and the expenditures of the synagogue and community (book-binding, shofar, Havdalah candle, Cognac, oil for the Chanukah lamps, clock repairs…).
[87] written leaves, some written on both sides (+ blank leaves). 42 cm. Binding in fair condition – worn, partially detached, endpapers detached and missing spine. Leaves of ledger in good condition, with some ink smudging and stains.
Ledger (tall and narrow format) recording the synagogue's revenue – donations from the colony residents and guests in 1907-1912. The ledger begins with a list of 42 donors, comprising the names of most of the colony's founders and their family members. Additional lists at the end of the ledger – expenses for 1910-1911, and two other lists of "expenses, by Yisrael Arkin" – the gabbai, which document his method of money-management, and the expenditures of the synagogue and community (book-binding, shofar, Havdalah candle, Cognac, oil for the Chanukah lamps, clock repairs…).
[87] written leaves, some written on both sides (+ blank leaves). 42 cm. Binding in fair condition – worn, partially detached, endpapers detached and missing spine. Leaves of ledger in good condition, with some ink smudging and stains.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
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Seven leaves documenting expenses related topaving the Haifa-Jedda road (today part of Road 75), submitted by the managers of the "Carmel Group". Palestine, 1921.
The leaves are handwritten on official forms of the "Public Works Department" (two different types of forms) and they specify the various expenses that were involved in paving the road: coachmen, barley, shoemaking and tailoring services, building materials, and more.
The road from Haifa to Jedda (Ramat Yishai) was paved by the Shomriyah Battalion and the Labor Battalion during the years 1920-1921; its paving was completed in early 1922.
7 forms, approx. 22-29 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines, stains and creases. Closed and open tears along edges and fold lines (some of them restored). Stamps on several of the forms.
The leaves are handwritten on official forms of the "Public Works Department" (two different types of forms) and they specify the various expenses that were involved in paving the road: coachmen, barley, shoemaking and tailoring services, building materials, and more.
The road from Haifa to Jedda (Ramat Yishai) was paved by the Shomriyah Battalion and the Labor Battalion during the years 1920-1921; its paving was completed in early 1922.
7 forms, approx. 22-29 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines, stains and creases. Closed and open tears along edges and fold lines (some of them restored). Stamps on several of the forms.
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $100
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Five documents and letters documenting the attempts to establish an agricultural settlement and factories in Jedda (today, Ramat Yishai). Jedda, Haifa and Tel-Aviv, 1920s and 1930s. Hebrew, one letter is in Yiddish.
1. Handwritten contract drawn up between two of the founders of Jedda, Max (Mordechai) Rosenberg and Zvi Weinberg, about a business partnership in the beer factory "Max-Brau" the 15th of Kislev 1925.
2. A letter by the Zionist Executive to the secretariat of the organization of Jedda – refusal to provide assistance to the settlement due to the pressing situation of older settlements. April 12, 1929. Hebrew and a little Yiddish.
3. Letter by the leaders of the settlement of Jedda to the National Council – an urgent request for aid and assistance with an interesting description of the history of the settlement and its hardships: the economic collapse of the "Manor" textile factory, the failure of agriculture, the mouse infestation in the lands of the settlement, the desertion of many settlers, security problems, and more. June 16, 1930.
4. Memorandum by the committee of the settlement of Jedda to the Zionist Executive, an urgent request for assistance with a description of the economic situation of the settlement: the rent of the land, the accumulating debts to the mills, the fear of imprisonment and more. June 16, 1930.
5. Letter, written on official stationery, by the owner of the "HaOreg" factory in Jedda, Ya'akov Stein (Yiddish). Haifa, June 22, 1930.
Enclosed: a leaf printed in English – description of the 1929 Palestine Riots across the country, with reference to the settlement of Jedda (presumably, from a longer text).
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Fold lines, stains and blemishes.
1. Handwritten contract drawn up between two of the founders of Jedda, Max (Mordechai) Rosenberg and Zvi Weinberg, about a business partnership in the beer factory "Max-Brau" the 15th of Kislev 1925.
2. A letter by the Zionist Executive to the secretariat of the organization of Jedda – refusal to provide assistance to the settlement due to the pressing situation of older settlements. April 12, 1929. Hebrew and a little Yiddish.
3. Letter by the leaders of the settlement of Jedda to the National Council – an urgent request for aid and assistance with an interesting description of the history of the settlement and its hardships: the economic collapse of the "Manor" textile factory, the failure of agriculture, the mouse infestation in the lands of the settlement, the desertion of many settlers, security problems, and more. June 16, 1930.
4. Memorandum by the committee of the settlement of Jedda to the Zionist Executive, an urgent request for assistance with a description of the economic situation of the settlement: the rent of the land, the accumulating debts to the mills, the fear of imprisonment and more. June 16, 1930.
5. Letter, written on official stationery, by the owner of the "HaOreg" factory in Jedda, Ya'akov Stein (Yiddish). Haifa, June 22, 1930.
Enclosed: a leaf printed in English – description of the 1929 Palestine Riots across the country, with reference to the settlement of Jedda (presumably, from a longer text).
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Fold lines, stains and blemishes.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $300
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Collection of documents and letters, dealing with the establishment of the Electric Company and state and political matters in Palestine. 1920s.
The collection contains:
* Two notebooks with carbon copies of letters which were sent by Yekutiel Baharav, one of the founders of the Electric Company, during the months of January-May 1924 (Russian, English, Yiddish and Hebrew). The letters deal with the establishment of the power plant in Naharayim, purchase of lands in the Jordan Valley (Deganya, Milchamiya / Menachamiya) and other subjects.
* Copies of letters and typewritten letters, three of them signed by Pinchas Rutenberg. Among them, copies of letters to Lord Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, who was the chairman of the directorate of the Electric Company in the 1920s and 1930s; letter to Dr. G. Halpern in London, referring to Chaim Weizmann and the Greek businessman Mavrommatis, who received in 1914 the right to provide electricity to the vicinity of Jerusalem; and other letters.
* Letters and documents about the Arabs of Palestine, from 1921, when Rutenberg was a commander of the "Hagana" in Tel-Aviv.
* Four photographs – three of them documenting workers and one documenting managers and senior members – related, presumably, to the establishment of electric plants in Palestine.
A total of 20 items. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
The collection contains:
* Two notebooks with carbon copies of letters which were sent by Yekutiel Baharav, one of the founders of the Electric Company, during the months of January-May 1924 (Russian, English, Yiddish and Hebrew). The letters deal with the establishment of the power plant in Naharayim, purchase of lands in the Jordan Valley (Deganya, Milchamiya / Menachamiya) and other subjects.
* Copies of letters and typewritten letters, three of them signed by Pinchas Rutenberg. Among them, copies of letters to Lord Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, who was the chairman of the directorate of the Electric Company in the 1920s and 1930s; letter to Dr. G. Halpern in London, referring to Chaim Weizmann and the Greek businessman Mavrommatis, who received in 1914 the right to provide electricity to the vicinity of Jerusalem; and other letters.
* Letters and documents about the Arabs of Palestine, from 1921, when Rutenberg was a commander of the "Hagana" in Tel-Aviv.
* Four photographs – three of them documenting workers and one documenting managers and senior members – related, presumably, to the establishment of electric plants in Palestine.
A total of 20 items. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $150
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Seven booklets on the subject of settlement in Palestine:
1. List of Members of the Society for Supporting Jewish Farmers and Tradesmen in Syria and the Holy Land for 1900, accompanied by a list of revenues according to cities and a list of the number of members and the names of the authorized. Odessa: Abba Duchna press, 1901. Fair condition.
2. The Book of the Aid Committee for the Exiles of Palestine and Syria in Alexandria, Egypt. A Report from December 19 to December 31, 1915. Cairo: Greenberg Brothers press, 1916.
3. Britain, Palestine and the Jews. The celebration of the Jewish People upon receiving the letter of credence regarding their national rights. London: The Zionist Organization, 1918. Fair condition.
4. A Peasantry in the making, Agricultural, Laborers, Settlements (colonization as an Organic Development Process). Palestine Mortgage and Credit Bank, Ltd. [1932]. Hebrew and English, with photographs.
5. A booklet of poems about the return of the Jewish people to their country and about Rishon LeZion, for the Jubilee of the colony of Rishon LeZion (Hebrew), by Yitzchak Shmuel Segal, Rishon leZion. Tel-Aviv, [1932].
6. [Tiferet Kena'an] [Tel-Aviv]: Eretz Yisrael Ltd., [ca. mid-1930s]. Advertising booklet (untitled) for the establishment of a summer neighborhood on Mount Kena'an near Safed. With photographs.
7. Memoir, Dr. Hillel Yaffeh. The publisher's name and the place of printing are not indicated. [1935/6]. Memoir from the years 1891-1903, with photographs.
Size and condition vary. Blemishes to several of the booklets.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
1. List of Members of the Society for Supporting Jewish Farmers and Tradesmen in Syria and the Holy Land for 1900, accompanied by a list of revenues according to cities and a list of the number of members and the names of the authorized. Odessa: Abba Duchna press, 1901. Fair condition.
2. The Book of the Aid Committee for the Exiles of Palestine and Syria in Alexandria, Egypt. A Report from December 19 to December 31, 1915. Cairo: Greenberg Brothers press, 1916.
3. Britain, Palestine and the Jews. The celebration of the Jewish People upon receiving the letter of credence regarding their national rights. London: The Zionist Organization, 1918. Fair condition.
4. A Peasantry in the making, Agricultural, Laborers, Settlements (colonization as an Organic Development Process). Palestine Mortgage and Credit Bank, Ltd. [1932]. Hebrew and English, with photographs.
5. A booklet of poems about the return of the Jewish people to their country and about Rishon LeZion, for the Jubilee of the colony of Rishon LeZion (Hebrew), by Yitzchak Shmuel Segal, Rishon leZion. Tel-Aviv, [1932].
6. [Tiferet Kena'an] [Tel-Aviv]: Eretz Yisrael Ltd., [ca. mid-1930s]. Advertising booklet (untitled) for the establishment of a summer neighborhood on Mount Kena'an near Safed. With photographs.
7. Memoir, Dr. Hillel Yaffeh. The publisher's name and the place of printing are not indicated. [1935/6]. Memoir from the years 1891-1903, with photographs.
Size and condition vary. Blemishes to several of the booklets.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $150
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Five issues of the journal "Alon AaShomrim", the internal journal of
"The Union of Hebrew Guards in Palestine" ("Agudat HaShomrim HaIvrim BeEretz Israel"). 1937-1941.
"Alon HaShomrim" was published during the years 1935-1957, containing articles about guarding and security matters, protocols from meetings and assemblies of the "Union of Guards", articles in memory of members of the union, letters, announcements to the members, and more.
Before us are five issues (mimeographed typescript): * Year 1, issue 9 (1937). * Year 2, issue 2 (May 1937). * Year 4, issue 4 (august 1938). * Year 5, issue 4 (September 1939). * Year 6, issue 3 (September 1941).
The front cover of the first four issues feature illustrations of "The Guard", riding his horse or looking at farmers in a field. The cover of the fifth issue features a photograph of the monument made by artist David Polus in memory of Alexander Zaïd (1886-1938), one of the founders of the organizations "Bar Giyota", "HaShomer" and "Agudat HaShomrim", who was murdered in July 1948 during the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt in Palestine.
The "Union of Guards" ("Agudat HaShomrim") was established in July 1933 by ex-members of "HaShomer" movement and acted to transfer the responsibility for guarding the settlements to Jewish hands. At first, the members of the union operated in the north yet a after a while, expanded their activity to the areas of the Sharon and the south. After the establishment of the state, the union became a professional-national security organization.
Five issues. Size and condition vary.
"The Union of Hebrew Guards in Palestine" ("Agudat HaShomrim HaIvrim BeEretz Israel"). 1937-1941.
"Alon HaShomrim" was published during the years 1935-1957, containing articles about guarding and security matters, protocols from meetings and assemblies of the "Union of Guards", articles in memory of members of the union, letters, announcements to the members, and more.
Before us are five issues (mimeographed typescript): * Year 1, issue 9 (1937). * Year 2, issue 2 (May 1937). * Year 4, issue 4 (august 1938). * Year 5, issue 4 (September 1939). * Year 6, issue 3 (September 1941).
The front cover of the first four issues feature illustrations of "The Guard", riding his horse or looking at farmers in a field. The cover of the fifth issue features a photograph of the monument made by artist David Polus in memory of Alexander Zaïd (1886-1938), one of the founders of the organizations "Bar Giyota", "HaShomer" and "Agudat HaShomrim", who was murdered in July 1948 during the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt in Palestine.
The "Union of Guards" ("Agudat HaShomrim") was established in July 1933 by ex-members of "HaShomer" movement and acted to transfer the responsibility for guarding the settlements to Jewish hands. At first, the members of the union operated in the north yet a after a while, expanded their activity to the areas of the Sharon and the south. After the establishment of the state, the union became a professional-national security organization.
Five issues. Size and condition vary.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $150
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"This is the History of One Job" (Hebrew), unique caricature album published by "Sollel Boneh". The caricatures: Avigdor Miller, the portraits: Yeshaya Dinaburg, photography: Zack Brothers, Tel-Aviv. [1942].
The album contains more than 50 photographed caricatures documenting the way of life of the "Sollel Boneh" company: field work, connections with the army, position holders, and more.
The illustrator, Avigdor (Victor) Miller (1913-1946) was born in Lviv and immigrated to Palestine in 1933. During the early 1940s he started working as a land surveyor for the "Sollel Boneh" company and after his drawing talent became known, he was asked by the management to document the workers' lives in drawing (see enclosed article).
46 leaves + [8] tissue guards with printed headings, approx. 8X15 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Tears to the margins of one the tissue guards.
The album contains more than 50 photographed caricatures documenting the way of life of the "Sollel Boneh" company: field work, connections with the army, position holders, and more.
The illustrator, Avigdor (Victor) Miller (1913-1946) was born in Lviv and immigrated to Palestine in 1933. During the early 1940s he started working as a land surveyor for the "Sollel Boneh" company and after his drawing talent became known, he was asked by the management to document the workers' lives in drawing (see enclosed article).
46 leaves + [8] tissue guards with printed headings, approx. 8X15 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Tears to the margins of one the tissue guards.
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
January 14, 2020
Opening: $100
Sold for: $125
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Two certificates, with gilt lettering, which were given as prizes for costumes at Passover and Shavu'ot celebrations in Palestine. 1912.
1. "Third prize at a masquerade of 'HaPoel HaTza'ir', Chol HaMoed Passover 1912".
Approx. 10X12 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, closed tears and small open tears (not affecting the text), partly restored by pieces of paper mounted on verso.
2. "Prize for being decorated with flowers on the festival of flowers, Jaffa, Palestine – Shavu'ot – 1912".
Approx. 10X12 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, closed and open tears, affecting the illustrated frame. Some of them restored by pieces of paper mounted on verso.
1. "Third prize at a masquerade of 'HaPoel HaTza'ir', Chol HaMoed Passover 1912".
Approx. 10X12 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, closed tears and small open tears (not affecting the text), partly restored by pieces of paper mounted on verso.
2. "Prize for being decorated with flowers on the festival of flowers, Jaffa, Palestine – Shavu'ot – 1912".
Approx. 10X12 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, closed and open tears, affecting the illustrated frame. Some of them restored by pieces of paper mounted on verso.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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January 14, 2020
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Two posters and an advertisement for various theater shows of "Chovevei Habama HaIvrit" at the "Eden" Cinema. Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, 1918-1919.
1. Advertisement poster for the plays "Belshazzar" and "Avremel the Shoemaker". Jaffa: S. Shoshani press, 1918.
Approx. 31.5X49 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines. Dark stains, creases and tears. Worming.
2. Advertising poster for the play "Mirahle Efrat", a play by Jacob Gordin (translated by Menachem Gnessin). Jaffa: "Achdut" press, 1919.
47X65.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Fold lines and creases. Stains. Many closed and open tears. Worming.
3. Small advertisement for the play "Hane'elam". Tel-Aviv: "Achdut" press, 1919.
23.5X32.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor blemishes.
1. Advertisement poster for the plays "Belshazzar" and "Avremel the Shoemaker". Jaffa: S. Shoshani press, 1918.
Approx. 31.5X49 cm. Fair condition. Fold lines. Dark stains, creases and tears. Worming.
2. Advertising poster for the play "Mirahle Efrat", a play by Jacob Gordin (translated by Menachem Gnessin). Jaffa: "Achdut" press, 1919.
47X65.5 cm. Fair-poor condition. Fold lines and creases. Stains. Many closed and open tears. Worming.
3. Small advertisement for the play "Hane'elam". Tel-Aviv: "Achdut" press, 1919.
23.5X32.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor blemishes.
Category
Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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January 14, 2020
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"The Hebrew Theater in Palestine, a Public Appeal". [Palestine?, ca. 1924].
A poster announcing the establishment of a new Hebrew theater – the "Palestinian Theater" led by Menachem Gnessin – and appealing to the readers with a request for support. Signed in print by nineteen Zionist intellectuals: Albert Einstein, Chaim Nachamn Bialik, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Jacob Fichman and others.
Approx. 25X19 cm. Good condition. Several stains and small tears to margins.
A poster announcing the establishment of a new Hebrew theater – the "Palestinian Theater" led by Menachem Gnessin – and appealing to the readers with a request for support. Signed in print by nineteen Zionist intellectuals: Albert Einstein, Chaim Nachamn Bialik, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Jacob Fichman and others.
Approx. 25X19 cm. Good condition. Several stains and small tears to margins.
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Palestine, British Mandate and Underground Movements, the State of Israel
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