"The Biluyim in Palestine" – Photograph by Avraham Soskin – Souvenir from the 30th Anniversary of the Moshava ...

"The Biluyim in Palestine" – Photograph by Avraham Soskin – Souvenir from the 30th Anniversary of the Moshava Gedera, 1913
A large group photograph of eighteen of the members of the Bilu Movement (Palestine Pioneers), founders of the Moshava (colony) Gedera, by the photographer Avraham Soskin. Gedera, [1913].
Among the photographed there are several of the prominent leaders of the first wave of immigration: Menashe Meirovitz, Zalman David Levontin, Yosrael Belkind, Chaim Chissin, and others. On the upper part of the photograph there is a handwritten Hebrew caption: "The Biluyim in Palestine, in memory of the 30th anniversary, the 23rd of Iyar 1913". And on its lower part appear the names of all the photographed.
Signed on the plate on the lower right corner: "Soskin. Brooke. Jaffa" (Hebrew).
Approx. 30x22.5 cm. Framed. Good condition. Minor blemishes and slight wear to edges. Coloring in the center of the photograph.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.