Auction 097 Winner's Unlimited - Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Posters & Periodicals, Postcards, Maps, Zionism, numismatics.
Jan 31, 2017 (your local time)
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LOT 253:

A Collection [4] of Photograph Albums. The State of Israel - Beginning of the 1950's

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A Collection [4] of Photograph Albums. The State of Israel - Beginning of the 1950's
Four albums with hundreds of photographs from the early years of the State of Israel, edited by Y. Klinov, published by "L'Am" Tel Aviv. 
* Chaim Weizmann, the first President of the State of Israel, 1950. With contributions from dozens of photographers, among them A. Soskin and Z. Kluger. Contains hundreds of black and white photographs, beginning with photographs of the village of Pinsk where Weizmann was born and grew up, followed by family photographs, and photographs following his political life from its early stages until he became the first President of the State of Israel. 
* Moadei Yisrael, 1951. Jewish festivals as seen through the camera lens in the revived Israel. Dozens of different photographs.
* Mashot B'Yisrael, 1950-1951, hundreds of photographs for the tourist in Israel, mainly photographs of new settlements and developing towns. 
* Memshal Yisrael, 1952, hundreds of photographs about the various Knesset committees, governmental offices, immigrants and more. 
The four albums are in similar format: each photograph is described in Hebrew and English, most of the photographs are enlarged over an entire page, magnificent bindings with large copper reliefs on the front [according to the topic]. 
Very fine overall condition. 

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