Auction 010 Online Auction - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Aug 29, 2017 (Your local time)
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LOT 42:

Archive of Documents – "Jero" Enterprises for Reconstruction of Old Jerusalem in Miniature, 1966

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Archive of documents – "Jero" Enterprises owned by Meir Bar-Lev and Jan Robinson. The company marketed a scientific construction game featuring miniatures of old Jerusalem, inspired by the model of the Old City of Jerusalem displayed in Holyland Hotel in Jerusalem.
The collection includes correspondence, forms and drawings, among them: * Brochures advertising the game and drafts of advertisements, in Hebrew and English, typewritten. * Numerous photographs of the model of Old Jerusalem in Holyland Hotel. * Application forms for a position. * Portfolios submitted by architects-artists with architectural drawings and meticulous artistic drawings of the proposed models. *An application for registration of the product as a patent. * Record of legal proceedings concerning an agreement to manufacture a model, which finally did not materialize. * Correspondences between Meir Bar-Lev and various entities concerning marketing the game. * Much historic material on which the planning of the game was based.
About 430 leaves, documents and paper clippings.

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