Auction 26
Eretz Israel, anti-Semitism, Holocaust, postcards and photographs, Travel books, autographs, Judaica
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Jul 2, 2024
Avraham Ferrara 1, Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 8:
Land of Israel. Impressive photo album published by Keren Hayesod. London, 1920s
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Sold for: $150 (₪564)
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Land of Israel. Impressive photo album published by Keren Hayesod. London, 1920s
Eretz Israel. A photo album published following the rapid development of the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel after the Balfour Declaration of 1917, published by the Central Bureau of Keren Hayesod. London, [1924].
A booklet with 32 black and white photographs of settlements, cities and landscapes in Eretz Israel, including: A shepherd on the shores of the Kinneret, the Oak of Abraham in Hebron, the "Hadassah" Hospital in Jerusalem, views of the Technion in Haifa, the Borkhov neighborhood in Tel Aviv, agriculture in the Hebrew settlements, Degania, Ness Ziona, Rehovot in its early days, the Yemenite neighborhood next to Rehovot, Montefiore Street in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives and more.
The booklet opens with an introduction in Hebrew (and in English on the opposite side, and in Yiddish) about the unprecedented development of the Jewish settlement in the Eretz Israel since the Balfour Declaration, and the vast lands acquired by the Keren Hayesod, as well as the contribution of the Keren Hayesod to the development of the land in all areas - agricultural settlement, education and schools, Aliya, industry, commerce and crafts, health care, and more.
25x15 cm. Introduction in Hebrew, Yiddish, and English. Additional title page on the other side of the booklet in English. Minor stains on some pages. Overall good condition.
