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Large Assorted Collection of Posters and Notices – Rabbis and Public Institutions in Jerusalem – 1889-1940 – Including Lithographs of Handwritten Letters
Opening: $300
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
39 posters, notices and printed leaves of rabbis of Jerusalem, heads of Vaad HaKlali Knesset Yisrael, and of organizations, Torah and charitable institutions and other public institutions in Jerusalem. [Jerusalem and elsewhere, ca. 1889-1940s]. Hebrew and Yiddish (some also in English, German, Russian or French).
Some posters in the present collection are lithographs of letters handwritten and signed by rabbis.
The issues topics of the posters include:
• The Halukka funds controversy.
• Kimcha DePischa fundraisers and assistance for festivals.
• Charitable institutions, orphanages, old age homes and hospitals.
• Assistance to the Jews and rabbis of Russia.
• Vaad HaKlali institutions, controversies and various communal affairs.
See Hebrew description for a detailed list of posters.
39 items. Varying size and condition. Kept in large binder.
Early Jerusalem Hebrew Imprints – Printed Leaves, Broadsides and Booklets
Early Jerusalem Hebrew Imprints – Printed Leaves, Broadsides and Booklets