Collection of items relating to Iche Mambush (b. 1920), actor, artist and one of the founders of the "HaNassi" Ein Hod artists' village.
The collection includes: two invitations to the wedding of Iche Mambush and Aviva Margalit ("On the groom's side: Dahn Ben Amotz and Haim Hefer"); 16 photographs (some of the wedding, some of a tapestries exhibition); 8 letters sent to Amikam Gurevitch; letter from Shlomo Sheva, who asks Mambush to accept the apology of Amikam Gurevitch in order to enable him to continue with the preparations for a dinner at the "Kasit" cafe; arbitration decision, including a draft signed by Haim Hefer, Ya'akov Agmon, Amikam Gurevitch, and others; "Pachad Yitzchak" booklet with pearls of wisdom by Mambush (published by Shlomo Sheva and Zaharira Harifai); "Tapestries Mambush" catalog of an exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York in 1975; newspaper cuttings and more.
"It is not easy to sell tapestries for $5,000 in a country whose people are naked and barefoot, but we succeeded, we sold tapestries and we are making a good impression also in New York."
Total of 50 items. Sizes and conditions vary.

Large and important collection of photographs, mainly from the 1960s and 1970s, which includes many photographs from Café Kassit in Tel-Aviv, and photographs taken from behind the scenes of Israeli and foreign films. The greatest cultural heroes of the period appear in the photographs; actors, singers and artists.
The mythological Café Kassit (located at 117 Dizengoff St.) was established in 1944 by Yechezkel Weinstein, known as Chatzkel Ish [man of] Kassit. The café was managed by him and eventually by his son, Moshe Ish Kassit. Kassit served as a meeting place for the Bohemians of Tel-Aviv, a notable municipal-cultural institution in which the colorful images of father and son were prominent.
Among the subjects photographed: Chatzkel Ish Kassit, Moshe Ish Kassit, Avraham Shlonsky, Moshe Dayan, Arik Einstein, Uri Zohar, Zvi Shisel, Shmulik Krauss, Yona Ben Yehuda, Arik Lavie, Assi Dayan, Ze’ev Revach, Yosef Shiloach, Dori Ben Ze’ev, Menachem Golan, Avraham Chalfi, artists Yosl Bergner and Mane Katz, and many others.
Photographs from behind the scenes of films in which Moshe Ish Kassit participated: “Sapiches”, “Sababa”, “Charlie VaChetzi”, “Am Yisrael Chai”, “Eskimo Limon”, “Lul”, Givat Chalfon Eina Ona”, and more.
Includes also photographs of the evening event “Chaim SheKa’eleh” which was presented in honor of Chatzkel Ish Kassit; the Kassit soccer team, founded by Avraham Deshe (Pashanel); photographs from a ceremony in which the president Ezer Weizmann and Chatzkel Ish Kassit participated, as well as many additional photographs.
Unique documentation of the “Kassit” atmosphere and the spirit of the period.
Over 300 photographs. Varying sizes, some of the photographs are large. A few are in poor or fair condition, the majority are in good to very good condition.

Thirty color postcards and New Year Greetings, most printed after the Six Day War. Photographs of IDF parades, tanks, Rabbi Goren blowing the shofar near the Western-Wall, and other photographs. Varied size, good-very good condition.

Thirteen color football team postcards: HaPoel Be’er Sheva, Maccabi Jaffa, Shimshon Tel Aviv, HaPoel Jerusalem, HaPo’el Kfar Saba, Maccabi Petah Tikva, HaPoel Tel Aviv and additional teams. Fair condition, glue residue and tears on the verso.