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Lot 158

Large Photograph of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar – In Jerusalem Dress on a Visit to Eretz Israel

Photograph of Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar on one of his visits to Eretz Israel.
[Jerusalem, ca. 1950s-1960s.]
The Rebbe is seen in the photograph surrounded by his followers and dressed in Eretz Israel dress [in the fashion of the Old Yishuv, customarily worn by Jerusalem Chassidim].
Original photograph of the photographer Kalman (Karl) Weiss of "Photo Weiss" in Jerusalem – on the reverse side of the photograph appear stamps and inscriptions of the archive (a decorated frame surrounding a handwritten inscription: "The history of the people, the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel").
[1] photograph. Approx. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and light wear.