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Chaim Weizmann - Monumental Photograph Album Edited by Isaiah Klinov. Israel, 1950 - Chaim Weizmann - First President of the State of Israel. A monumental and impressive photograph album edited by Isaiah Klinov, published by ”La'am” - hundreds of photographs from Weizmann's life, from his youth, through his Zionist career, to his tenure as the first President of the State of Israel. Tel Aviv, 1950 - first edition. Printed on fine glossy paper and captioned throughout in three languages - Hebrew, English, and French. An album containing more than 300 photographs devoted to the life of the ”Chosen of the Nation, ” the first President of the State of Israel, Dr. Chaim Weizmann - from his departure from his hometown in the ”Pale of Settlement” in Russia, through his youth in Pinsk, Minsk, and Kharkov, then Switzerland and Manchester, his years of extensive political activity and his cultural contribution to the Jewish people, until his assumption of the presidency of the State of Israel. The album was published in 1950 to mark Weizmann's 75th year (among other images are photographs from the President's 75th birthday celebration, at which he was presented with a Torah scroll as a birthday gift by the Ministry of Religious Affairs). The album was also intended to serve as material for national and international public diplomacy, presenting the leader of the state from his childhood in Belarus to the pinnacle of the Zionist enterprise, with the milestones of Weizmann's life effectively reflecting the development of the Zionist movement itself. Among the numerous photographs are images of prominent figures in the Zionist movement and in Israel generally, including Albert Einstein, David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Sharett, and others. Also included are rare photographs from Zionist Congresses, Weizmann's diplomatic meetings with world leaders, his participation in countless public events in Eretz Israel during the 1920s and 1930s, his meetings with diplomatic representatives who arrived in Israel after he became President, and many others. Among the participating photographers: H. Orushkes, Charlotte and Gerda Meyer, Beno Rothenberg, H. Fine, Z. Kluger, Avraham Soskin, and many others. The editor, Isaiah Klinov, was a journalist, author, and editor-in-chief of the Press and Information Department of the Jewish Agency and the Government of Israel. 156 pages. Album: 24x23 cm. Thick brown binding with an embossed portrait of Weizmann. Very good condition.