Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $500
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En Orient, Récits et Notes d'un Voyage en Palestine et en Syrie by Abbe Roboisson (Pierre August Raoisson). Paris: Librairie Catholique de l'Oeuvre de Saint-Paul, 1886-1887. French. Two volumes.
A book documenting the journey of the French abbot Pierre Auguste Raboisson in Egypt, Sinai, Palestine and Syria. The two volumes together include 163 (of 164) plates – prints, made after photographs, which depict views, figures and sites in Palestine and the surroundings, and maps. Among the maps: map of Sinai, map of Jerusalem, map of Palestine, and more.
Abbot Raboisson was an amateur photographer who learned the art of photography shortly before the journey documented in this book. Even though he claimed that all the prints in this book were created after photographs taken during his journey, it was later discovered that some were created after photographs by Felix Bonfils and other photographers. See: "Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East (1839-1885)" by Nissan Perez (New York-Jerusalem, 1988), p. 207.
Vol. I: [2] leaves, 318, [1] pp + plates. Vol. II: [2] leaves, 354, [1] pp + plates. Missing one plate. 35 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Tears at margins of a number of leaves. Small wormholes to first volume. Uncut sheets in second volume. Half-leather bindings (tears and defects. Open tears to spines).
A book documenting the journey of the French abbot Pierre Auguste Raboisson in Egypt, Sinai, Palestine and Syria. The two volumes together include 163 (of 164) plates – prints, made after photographs, which depict views, figures and sites in Palestine and the surroundings, and maps. Among the maps: map of Sinai, map of Jerusalem, map of Palestine, and more.
Abbot Raboisson was an amateur photographer who learned the art of photography shortly before the journey documented in this book. Even though he claimed that all the prints in this book were created after photographs taken during his journey, it was later discovered that some were created after photographs by Felix Bonfils and other photographers. See: "Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East (1839-1885)" by Nissan Perez (New York-Jerusalem, 1988), p. 207.
Vol. I: [2] leaves, 318, [1] pp + plates. Vol. II: [2] leaves, 354, [1] pp + plates. Missing one plate. 35 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Tears at margins of a number of leaves. Small wormholes to first volume. Uncut sheets in second volume. Half-leather bindings (tears and defects. Open tears to spines).
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![Album von Jerusalem [Jerusalem Album]. Vienna: W. Zoeller, 1866. German. A book in album format, with 25 lithographs after ph](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/87.jpg "\"Jerusalem Album\" – Lithographs after Photographs by Alois Payer – Vie")
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $750
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Album von Jerusalem [Jerusalem Album]. Vienna: W. Zoeller, 1866. German.
A book in album format, with 25 lithographs after photographs by Alois Payer. Twenty-two of the lithographs depict the city of Jerusalem, and the others depict Bethlehem. Below each lithograph appears a printed legend for the sites marked with numbers.
Alois Payer was the official photographer of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I. The photographs in this book were taken during Payer's visit to Palestine in 1865 and were dedicated to the Emperor.
Among the photographs taken by Payer in Jerusalem, especially interesting are those depicting Jerusalem outside the walls (photographs at that time depicted mainly the holy sites). His photograph of Mishkenot Sha'ananim at its early days (plate no. XXII in the book) is one of the earliest and most important photographs of this neighborhood.
Enclosed: a folded leaf with the title of the book and captions in French for the 25 lithographs.
[2] leaves, XXV plates, 30X42 cm. Good-fair condition. Numerous stains throughout the book. Minor creases and blemishes. Tears to first leaf (with dedication to Emperor Franz Joseph), reinforced with pasted pieces of paper. New binding and endpapers.
Literature: "First Photographs of Eretz Israel…". Editors: Eli Shiller and Menachem Levin with the participation of Dan Kiram. Jerusalem: "Ariel", 1989. p. 66.
A book in album format, with 25 lithographs after photographs by Alois Payer. Twenty-two of the lithographs depict the city of Jerusalem, and the others depict Bethlehem. Below each lithograph appears a printed legend for the sites marked with numbers.
Alois Payer was the official photographer of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I. The photographs in this book were taken during Payer's visit to Palestine in 1865 and were dedicated to the Emperor.
Among the photographs taken by Payer in Jerusalem, especially interesting are those depicting Jerusalem outside the walls (photographs at that time depicted mainly the holy sites). His photograph of Mishkenot Sha'ananim at its early days (plate no. XXII in the book) is one of the earliest and most important photographs of this neighborhood.
Enclosed: a folded leaf with the title of the book and captions in French for the 25 lithographs.
[2] leaves, XXV plates, 30X42 cm. Good-fair condition. Numerous stains throughout the book. Minor creases and blemishes. Tears to first leaf (with dedication to Emperor Franz Joseph), reinforced with pasted pieces of paper. New binding and endpapers.
Literature: "First Photographs of Eretz Israel…". Editors: Eli Shiller and Menachem Levin with the participation of Dan Kiram. Jerusalem: "Ariel", 1989. p. 66.
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
La Palestine Illustrée, Collection de Vues Recueillies en Orient, by Philippe Bridel. A book and portfolio of plates with reproductions of photographs by Frédéric & Ernest Thévoz. Lausanne: Georges Bridel, 1888-1891. French.
A portfolio of 200 plates with reproduction of photographs taken by the brothers Frédéric & Ernest Thévoz during their journey in Palestine in 1887.
The plates are accompanied by a book about the photographed sites, by the Swiss pastor and writer Philippe Bridel. The book is divided into four parts: "De Jaffa à Jérusalem", [from Jaffa to Jerusalem], "De Jérusalem à Hébron", [from Jerusalem to Hebron], "Samarie et Côte maritime" [Samaria and the Coastal Plain] and "Galilée et Liban", [Galilee and Lebanon].
In other copies of "La Palestine Illustrée", the 200 plates were bound into the book.
[200] plates, 35X25 cm. In an approx. 37.5X27.5 cm portfolio + book: [218] leaves, 35X24.5 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Tears to the spine of the book (its upper part is partly detached). Bookplates on the inside binding of the book. Blemishes and small tears to the portfolio.
A portfolio of 200 plates with reproduction of photographs taken by the brothers Frédéric & Ernest Thévoz during their journey in Palestine in 1887.
The plates are accompanied by a book about the photographed sites, by the Swiss pastor and writer Philippe Bridel. The book is divided into four parts: "De Jaffa à Jérusalem", [from Jaffa to Jerusalem], "De Jérusalem à Hébron", [from Jerusalem to Hebron], "Samarie et Côte maritime" [Samaria and the Coastal Plain] and "Galilée et Liban", [Galilee and Lebanon].
In other copies of "La Palestine Illustrée", the 200 plates were bound into the book.
[200] plates, 35X25 cm. In an approx. 37.5X27.5 cm portfolio + book: [218] leaves, 35X24.5 cm. Good overall condition. Minor blemishes. Tears to the spine of the book (its upper part is partly detached). Bookplates on the inside binding of the book. Blemishes and small tears to the portfolio.
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $1,250
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Four photographs of the Western Wall, a photograph of the Jordan River and a photograph of the Summer Pulpit on the Temple Mount. [Ca. last third of the 19th century].
Six photographs, mounted to four thick paper plates (on both sides of the plates):
1-4. Four photographs of the Western Wall, including a photograph by Felix Bonfils (ca. 1870; not signed) and a photograph by Frank Mason Good (ca. 1881; not signed). On verso of one of the plates are two additional photographs depicting views of England.
5. A photograph of the Summer Pulpit on the Temple Mount by Tancrède Dumas (1830-1905 – an Italian photographer who worked in Beirut). Embossed signature: "T. R. Dumas Pho. Beyruth".
6. A photograph of the Jordan River by Tancrède Dumas. Captioned and signed in the plate.
Photographs: approx. 27.5X22 cm to 24X16 cm. Good overall condition. The photograph of the Jordan River is stained.
Six photographs, mounted to four thick paper plates (on both sides of the plates):
1-4. Four photographs of the Western Wall, including a photograph by Felix Bonfils (ca. 1870; not signed) and a photograph by Frank Mason Good (ca. 1881; not signed). On verso of one of the plates are two additional photographs depicting views of England.
5. A photograph of the Summer Pulpit on the Temple Mount by Tancrède Dumas (1830-1905 – an Italian photographer who worked in Beirut). Embossed signature: "T. R. Dumas Pho. Beyruth".
6. A photograph of the Jordan River by Tancrède Dumas. Captioned and signed in the plate.
Photographs: approx. 27.5X22 cm to 24X16 cm. Good overall condition. The photograph of the Jordan River is stained.
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![23 photographs of Palestine by Felix Bonfils and the Zangaki Brothers. [Late 19th century]. Photographs of sites and views i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/90_1.jpg "Collection of Photographs by Felix Bonfils and the Zangaki Brothers –")
![23 photographs of Palestine by Felix Bonfils and the Zangaki Brothers. [Late 19th century]. Photographs of sites and views i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/90_2.jpg "Collection of Photographs by Felix Bonfils and the Zangaki Brothers –")
![23 photographs of Palestine by Felix Bonfils and the Zangaki Brothers. [Late 19th century]. Photographs of sites and views i](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/90_3.jpg "Collection of Photographs by Felix Bonfils and the Zangaki Brothers –")
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
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23 photographs of Palestine by Felix Bonfils and the Zangaki Brothers. [Late 19th century].
Photographs of sites and views in Palestine, most of them in Jerusalem and its surroundings. Nineteen of them were taken by Felix Bonfils (signed in the plate "Bonfils"). Three of them were taken by the brothers Adelfy and Constantine Zangaki (signed in the plate "Zangaki"). One photograph is not signed.
Among the photographed sites: The Western Wall, Tower of David, Valley of Josaphat, Tombs of the Kings, the Foundation Stone, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Via Dolorosa, Pool of Bethesda, Hezekiah's Pool, Gethsemane, the Jaffa Port, the Jordan River, and more.
23 photographs, approx. 26X21 cm to 28X22 cm. Mounted on paper. Good overall condition. A few stains. Creases, tears and minor blemishes to margins. An open tear to edge of one of the photographs.
Photographs of sites and views in Palestine, most of them in Jerusalem and its surroundings. Nineteen of them were taken by Felix Bonfils (signed in the plate "Bonfils"). Three of them were taken by the brothers Adelfy and Constantine Zangaki (signed in the plate "Zangaki"). One photograph is not signed.
Among the photographed sites: The Western Wall, Tower of David, Valley of Josaphat, Tombs of the Kings, the Foundation Stone, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Via Dolorosa, Pool of Bethesda, Hezekiah's Pool, Gethsemane, the Jaffa Port, the Jordan River, and more.
23 photographs, approx. 26X21 cm to 28X22 cm. Mounted on paper. Good overall condition. A few stains. Creases, tears and minor blemishes to margins. An open tear to edge of one of the photographs.
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Album with 41 photographs of Palestine and its residents, most of them taken by the photographers of the American Colony Photo Department in Jerusalem. [Ca. late 19th century / early 20th century].
Photographs depicting the views, sites, and residents of Palestine, and especially of Jerusalem (captioned in the plate). Most of the photographs are signed in the plate: "American Colony Jerusalem".
The photographs depict the Old City of Jerusalem (Damascus Gate, Zion Gate, the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and more), Ein Karem, Rachel's Tomb, Jericho, Bethlehem, Mount Tabor, Nazareth, Jaffa, Bedouins in traditional attire, and more.
41 photographs, mounted on the album's thick leaves. Photographs: approx. 10.5X15 cm. Album: 25X20 cm. Good overall condition. Several of the photographs are slightly faded. Minor blemishes. One leaf is detached. Leather-covered binding, slightly rubbed in the margins and spine.
Photographs depicting the views, sites, and residents of Palestine, and especially of Jerusalem (captioned in the plate). Most of the photographs are signed in the plate: "American Colony Jerusalem".
The photographs depict the Old City of Jerusalem (Damascus Gate, Zion Gate, the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and more), Ein Karem, Rachel's Tomb, Jericho, Bethlehem, Mount Tabor, Nazareth, Jaffa, Bedouins in traditional attire, and more.
41 photographs, mounted on the album's thick leaves. Photographs: approx. 10.5X15 cm. Album: 25X20 cm. Good overall condition. Several of the photographs are slightly faded. Minor blemishes. One leaf is detached. Leather-covered binding, slightly rubbed in the margins and spine.
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Photographs of the Holy Land. An album published by Fr. Vester & Co. (the American Colony store), Jerusalem, [ca. early 20th century].
An album with 36 photographs, most of them depicting the sites and residents of Jerusalem and its surroundings (mounted on thick cardboard leaves). Most of the photographs are signed in the plate: "American Colony, Jerusalem".
The photographs depict the Jaffa port, sites in the Old City of Jerusalem (including the Tower of David, the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, Damascus gate and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre), Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem, Bethany, Jericho, the Dead Sea, Bedouin hunters by the Jordan River, women grinding wheat, a Bedouin in traditional attire, and more.
The album is bound in an elegant olive wood binding, with a leather spine; on its front, the Jerusalem Cross is carved, and on verso, the word "Jerusalem" is printed in Hebrew and in English.
Album: approx. 23X32 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Blemishes to the margins of several of the photographs (most of them minor). A large open tear to the margin of one of the photographs. Tears and open tears to the margins of the leaves. Ink notations on the front endpaper and on several leaves. Minor blemishes to binding.
An album with 36 photographs, most of them depicting the sites and residents of Jerusalem and its surroundings (mounted on thick cardboard leaves). Most of the photographs are signed in the plate: "American Colony, Jerusalem".
The photographs depict the Jaffa port, sites in the Old City of Jerusalem (including the Tower of David, the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall, Via Dolorosa, Damascus gate and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre), Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem, Bethany, Jericho, the Dead Sea, Bedouin hunters by the Jordan River, women grinding wheat, a Bedouin in traditional attire, and more.
The album is bound in an elegant olive wood binding, with a leather spine; on its front, the Jerusalem Cross is carved, and on verso, the word "Jerusalem" is printed in Hebrew and in English.
Album: approx. 23X32 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Blemishes to the margins of several of the photographs (most of them minor). A large open tear to the margin of one of the photographs. Tears and open tears to the margins of the leaves. Ink notations on the front endpaper and on several leaves. Minor blemishes to binding.
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Panoramic photograph of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, by photographers of the American Colony Photo Department in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, [ca. early 1930s].
A panoramic view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. A sharp, high-quality photograph, blindstamped in lower right corner: "American Colony, Jerusalem".
Photograph: approx. 173X50 cm. Good condition. Creases, pinholes and small tears to margins. Several of the tears are reinforced with tape. A thick piece of paper was mounted to the margins of the photograph, on verso (for reinforcement).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
A panoramic view of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. A sharp, high-quality photograph, blindstamped in lower right corner: "American Colony, Jerusalem".
Photograph: approx. 173X50 cm. Good condition. Creases, pinholes and small tears to margins. Several of the tears are reinforced with tape. A thick piece of paper was mounted to the margins of the photograph, on verso (for reinforcement).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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![40 stereoscopic glass negatives taken in Palestine and its surroundings. [ca. late 19th century or early 20th century]. The n](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/94_1.jpg "Collection of Stereoscopic Glass Negatives – Palestine and Its Surroun")
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![40 stereoscopic glass negatives taken in Palestine and its surroundings. [ca. late 19th century or early 20th century]. The n](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/94_3.jpg "Collection of Stereoscopic Glass Negatives – Palestine and Its Surroun")
![40 stereoscopic glass negatives taken in Palestine and its surroundings. [ca. late 19th century or early 20th century]. The n](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/94_4.jpg "Collection of Stereoscopic Glass Negatives – Palestine and Its Surroun")
![40 stereoscopic glass negatives taken in Palestine and its surroundings. [ca. late 19th century or early 20th century]. The n](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/94_5.jpg "Collection of Stereoscopic Glass Negatives – Palestine and Its Surroun")
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $400
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40 stereoscopic glass negatives taken in Palestine and its surroundings. [ca. late 19th century or early 20th century].
The negatives depict sites such as Jerusalem, Temple Mount and the Western Wall in addition to sights typical of the Middle East: a caravan of camels, a woman carrying a water jug on her head, and more. Some of the negatives were presumably taken in Europe, and some depict Western travelers in typical attire, carrying parasols, alongside carriages, camels and donkeys,
The negatives are housed in two cases, one of them marked "Palestine" and the other "Jerusalem".
Approx. 10.5X4.5 cm. Good overall condition. The negatives are marked by numbered pieces of paper.
The negatives depict sites such as Jerusalem, Temple Mount and the Western Wall in addition to sights typical of the Middle East: a caravan of camels, a woman carrying a water jug on her head, and more. Some of the negatives were presumably taken in Europe, and some depict Western travelers in typical attire, carrying parasols, alongside carriages, camels and donkeys,
The negatives are housed in two cases, one of them marked "Palestine" and the other "Jerusalem".
Approx. 10.5X4.5 cm. Good overall condition. The negatives are marked by numbered pieces of paper.
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
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Collection of stereoscopic photographs portraying people, sights and views around Palestine and two stereoscopes. Mid-19th to early 20th century.
In the collection:
• Two editions of a set with one hundred photographs published by Underwood & Underwood (New York, London and elsewhere), accompanied by two editions of the book "Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope", by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut. (1900 and 1909. English).
Card no. 35 in one of the sets differs in color and seems to have been taken from another set. The photographs are contained in cases shaped as books.
• Collection of 28 stereoscopic photographs published by Underwood & Underwood [early 20th century]. Contained in a case shaped as two books.
• A booklet accompanying stereoscopic photographs: "Jerusalem through the Stereoscope", printout from "Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope", by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut (1905. English).
• Folding wooden table-top stereoscope. Made by Smith, Beck & Beck. London, [ca. mid-19th century].
• Small wooden Brewster-type refracting stereoscope. [England (?), second half of the 19th century].
Size and condition vary.
In the collection:
• Two editions of a set with one hundred photographs published by Underwood & Underwood (New York, London and elsewhere), accompanied by two editions of the book "Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope", by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut. (1900 and 1909. English).
Card no. 35 in one of the sets differs in color and seems to have been taken from another set. The photographs are contained in cases shaped as books.
• Collection of 28 stereoscopic photographs published by Underwood & Underwood [early 20th century]. Contained in a case shaped as two books.
• A booklet accompanying stereoscopic photographs: "Jerusalem through the Stereoscope", printout from "Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope", by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut (1905. English).
• Folding wooden table-top stereoscope. Made by Smith, Beck & Beck. London, [ca. mid-19th century].
• Small wooden Brewster-type refracting stereoscope. [England (?), second half of the 19th century].
Size and condition vary.
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![Seven photographs of Palestine by Leo Kahn. Published in the Palästina im Bild [Palestine in Pictures] series, [1912]. Photog](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/96_1.jpg "Leo Kahn – Seven Photographs of Palestine")
![Seven photographs of Palestine by Leo Kahn. Published in the Palästina im Bild [Palestine in Pictures] series, [1912]. Photog](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale68-public/96_2.jpg "Leo Kahn – Seven Photographs of Palestine")
Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
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Seven photographs of Palestine by Leo Kahn. Published in the Palästina im Bild [Palestine in Pictures] series, [1912].
Photographs taken by Kahn in 1912, when he was on a mission to Palestine on behalf of the Jüdische Zeitung newspaper and the JNF, and which document the transportation of oranges in Jaffa; a study class in Meron; the Herzlia Hebrew gymnasium in Tel-Aviv; the Bezalel buildings in Jerusalem; and the colonies of Sejera, Atlit and Rosh Pinah. These photographs, alongside others, were published by the Jüdische Zeitung newspaper in Vienna, in the series of prints "Palästina im Bild" (see Kedem catalog no. 52, item 68).
Seven photographs, printed on thick paper. Size varies, ca. 14X22 to 16.5X23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Photographs taken by Kahn in 1912, when he was on a mission to Palestine on behalf of the Jüdische Zeitung newspaper and the JNF, and which document the transportation of oranges in Jaffa; a study class in Meron; the Herzlia Hebrew gymnasium in Tel-Aviv; the Bezalel buildings in Jerusalem; and the colonies of Sejera, Atlit and Rosh Pinah. These photographs, alongside others, were published by the Jüdische Zeitung newspaper in Vienna, in the series of prints "Palästina im Bild" (see Kedem catalog no. 52, item 68).
Seven photographs, printed on thick paper. Size varies, ca. 14X22 to 16.5X23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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Auction 68 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 19, 2019
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $5,750
Including buyer's premium
Collection of photographs documenting the first decades of the city of Tel-Aviv, from the day of its establishment (April 11, 1909) to ca. mid-1920s. The photographs are not signed; most or all of them were taken by Avraham Soskin.
The collection contains 46 photographs, including several of Avraham Soskin's well-known photographs documenting the first days of Tel-Aviv – a photograph of the land lottery of the "Achuzat Bayit" Society ("The Seashell Lottery" – the event considered the official date of the establishment of Tel Aviv, 1909); a photograph of a ceremony of "the laying of the first stone on the land"; a photograph of the kiosk on Rothschild Boulevard (1910); a photograph of the post and telegraph building; a photograph of the "Galei Aviv" casino; a photograph of workers levelling dunes of sands; and other photographs.
In addition, the collection contains photographs of visits of dignitaries to Tel-Aviv and of various events that were held in the city: Chaim Weizmann during the ceremony of handing over a flag to the First Hebrew Battlion of Judea (First Judeans); Chaim Weizmann and the Zionist Commission; reception in honor of Albert Einstein and his wife in 1923; reception in honor of Alfred Millner; Winston Churchill with Meir Dizengoff; Lord Balfour with Chaim Weizmann and others (at the "Herzlia" gymnasium?); a "Totzeret HaAretz" exhibition; and more.
Avraham Soskin (1881-1963) was born in Russia and immigrated to Palestine in 1905. He settled in the German Colony in Jaffa and opened the "Photographia Progress" photography studio together with G. Bruck. In 1914, Soskin moved to 24 Herzl St., where the second floor served as both photography studio and home for his family and himself; at this studio, called "Photographia A. Soskin", he worked for 19 years, until 1933 (the year the studio was closed).
Soskin, known as the "Photographer of Tel-Aviv", was among the most important photographers active in Palestine during the Yishuv period. He is unique in the abundance of photographs he took documenting the first two decades of the first Hebrew city.
Most of the photographs are captioned in handwriting on verso.
46 photographs, mostly approx. 11X17 cm. (one photograph is smaller). Condition varies. Stains (most of them on margins and on verso). Traces of gluing, tears and open tears to the margins of some of them (most of them small). Pencil scribbles on some photographs.
The collection contains 46 photographs, including several of Avraham Soskin's well-known photographs documenting the first days of Tel-Aviv – a photograph of the land lottery of the "Achuzat Bayit" Society ("The Seashell Lottery" – the event considered the official date of the establishment of Tel Aviv, 1909); a photograph of a ceremony of "the laying of the first stone on the land"; a photograph of the kiosk on Rothschild Boulevard (1910); a photograph of the post and telegraph building; a photograph of the "Galei Aviv" casino; a photograph of workers levelling dunes of sands; and other photographs.
In addition, the collection contains photographs of visits of dignitaries to Tel-Aviv and of various events that were held in the city: Chaim Weizmann during the ceremony of handing over a flag to the First Hebrew Battlion of Judea (First Judeans); Chaim Weizmann and the Zionist Commission; reception in honor of Albert Einstein and his wife in 1923; reception in honor of Alfred Millner; Winston Churchill with Meir Dizengoff; Lord Balfour with Chaim Weizmann and others (at the "Herzlia" gymnasium?); a "Totzeret HaAretz" exhibition; and more.
Avraham Soskin (1881-1963) was born in Russia and immigrated to Palestine in 1905. He settled in the German Colony in Jaffa and opened the "Photographia Progress" photography studio together with G. Bruck. In 1914, Soskin moved to 24 Herzl St., where the second floor served as both photography studio and home for his family and himself; at this studio, called "Photographia A. Soskin", he worked for 19 years, until 1933 (the year the studio was closed).
Soskin, known as the "Photographer of Tel-Aviv", was among the most important photographers active in Palestine during the Yishuv period. He is unique in the abundance of photographs he took documenting the first two decades of the first Hebrew city.
Most of the photographs are captioned in handwriting on verso.
46 photographs, mostly approx. 11X17 cm. (one photograph is smaller). Condition varies. Stains (most of them on margins and on verso). Traces of gluing, tears and open tears to the margins of some of them (most of them small). Pencil scribbles on some photographs.
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