Online Auction 019 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards – JNF – Palestine, Second Half of the 20th Century
Opening: $200
Sold for: Unsold
24 "Shanah Tovah" greeting cards published by the Jewish National Fund. Israel and the USA, the second half of the 20th century (several items are earlier).
In the collection: * Two cards calling to "Give your Yom Kippur gift to the Jewish National Fund" (English and Yiddish). USA. * Sketch for a "Shanah Tovah" greeting card for 1954, with an illustration of David's Tower, and the card that was printed according to the sketch * Shanah Tovah greeting cards from the 1950s and 960s, decorated with traditional images alongside military images and sights from the settlements, among them soldiers blowing the Shofar, farmers plowing a field, crops, and more. * Cards for friends of the JNF in Austria and Britain to which were added pressed leaves and flowers from the forests of the JNF. * And more.
8x10.5 to 17.5x38cm. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
In the collection: * Two cards calling to "Give your Yom Kippur gift to the Jewish National Fund" (English and Yiddish). USA. * Sketch for a "Shanah Tovah" greeting card for 1954, with an illustration of David's Tower, and the card that was printed according to the sketch * Shanah Tovah greeting cards from the 1950s and 960s, decorated with traditional images alongside military images and sights from the settlements, among them soldiers blowing the Shofar, farmers plowing a field, crops, and more. * Cards for friends of the JNF in Austria and Britain to which were added pressed leaves and flowers from the forests of the JNF. * And more.
8x10.5 to 17.5x38cm. Good overall condition.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Postcards, "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards
Postcards, "Shanah Tovah" Greeting Cards