Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

American Colony - Photograph Album in Olive Wood Binding

Opening: $400
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Photographs of the Holy Land, by photographer F. Vester, Jerusalem: American Colony, [late 19th-early 20th century].
Album with 24 photographs by "American Colony" photographer F. Vester, mounted on thick cardboard leaves. Most of the photographs are of Jerusalem and its surroundings. Most are signed in the negative: "American Colony Jerusalem". Olive wood binding, printed on the reverse with the inscription "Jerusalem" and "Yerushalem" [Hebrew].
Photographs: approx. 11X15 cm. Binding: 15.5X22 cm. Good condition. Stains and damage to page margins. Slight damage to binding.
Enclosed: advertising leaflet (leaf folded in two) of the "American Colony" store at Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem. Inside the leaflet is a map of Jerusalem.
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics
Travels in Palestine, Maps, Photography, Postcards and Graphics