Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Photo Album – “Habonim” Movement in Los Angeles, 1936 / Booklet Published by the Movement
Opening: $400
Unsold
Album documenting the activities and life of the members of Habonim movement in Los Angeles, USA, 1936 to the beginning of the 1940’s.
The album contains about 230 photographs, mainly of the life of the Habonim movement, which was founded in London in 1929 and whose purpose was to promote Jewish culture and the Hebrew language and the education of its members in the national revival, through personal pioneering in the spirit of the Labor movement. Most photos are described and the names of those movement members photographed are listed. The album belonged to Haim Douglas. The Booklet “The Bonim Handbook, Madregah Sheniyah Section” published by the Habonim movement in South Africa in 1953 (second edition) is attached. Photos from 4.5X3.5 cm to 6X8.5 cm. Album with wood binding 25X22 cm. Fair to good condition. Several loose leaves, loose photos. Booklet 21 cm. Good condition.
The album contains about 230 photographs, mainly of the life of the Habonim movement, which was founded in London in 1929 and whose purpose was to promote Jewish culture and the Hebrew language and the education of its members in the national revival, through personal pioneering in the spirit of the Labor movement. Most photos are described and the names of those movement members photographed are listed. The album belonged to Haim Douglas. The Booklet “The Bonim Handbook, Madregah Sheniyah Section” published by the Habonim movement in South Africa in 1953 (second edition) is attached. Photos from 4.5X3.5 cm to 6X8.5 cm. Album with wood binding 25X22 cm. Fair to good condition. Several loose leaves, loose photos. Booklet 21 cm. Good condition.
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