Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Album of Photographs – Hashomer Hatzair, 1920s-1930s – Belarus, Poland and Palestine

Opening: $300
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium

Album of photographs originally belonging to Abraham (Abrasha) Pinsky. Pinsk, Brest, Warsaw, Toruń, Tel aviv and elsewhere, 1920s and 1930s.


The album includes many group photographs from Pinsk, Brest, Telekhany and elsewhere, as well as dozens of portrait photographs of youths, inscribes by hand ("Chazak Ve'ematz" ["be strong and of good courage"], "see you in Palestine!"). At the end of the album, photographs from Palestine – the Adloyada in Tel Aviv, Ein Harod, and more.
Blue cover, with a fleur-de-lis and two stars on front.


Approx. 300 photographs, some with postcard divided backs. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition. Inked stamps of photographers and youth movements on some photographs. Album: approx. 28.5X38.5 cm. Minor blemishes. Wear to cover.

Zionism, Theodor Herzl, JNF
Zionism, Theodor Herzl, JNF