Flag of Israel Manufactured by the ATA Factory – One of the Hundred Flags that were Sewn in the Factory on the ...

Flag of Israel Manufactured by the ATA Factory – One of the Hundred Flags that were Sewn in the Factory on the Night of the Establishment of the State of Israel – Sewn from a White Sheet and Fabric of Workers' Shirts
Flag of Israel manufactured by the ATA textile factory. Sewn by special order of the Haifa Municipality, on the night of the establishment of the State of Israel, between the 13th and the 14 of May 1948.
A large flag made of a white sheet, with two light blue stripes and a Star of David. Factory label (three triangular roofs and the name ATA in Hebrew, English and Arabic) sewn to margin.
About a hundred flags were sewn at the ATA factory on the night of the establishment of the State of Israel. The flags were ordered from the manager of the ATA factory on Hamelachim St. in Haifa (today "Derech HaAtzmaut"). Due to the time constraints and required secrecy, the flags were made from white bed sheets and fabric for manufacturing light blue workers' shirts. The hundred flags were sewn throughout the entire night, and during the next day, were raised in the Independence celebrations in Haifa.
The ATA Textile Company was one of the most important factories in Palestine. The factory was the largest of its kind during the first years of the state and was responsible for manufacturing some of the pieces of clothing which are most identified with the 1948 generation – the Tembel hat, the khaki shirt and pants, blue work clothes, the first IDF uniforms and more.
Approx. 152X209 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Minor blemishes.
Literature: Dalya Bar Or, ATA Textiles enterprise and the Israeli society, 1934-1986 (Hebrew), doctoral dissertation, Haifa University, 2009.