Auction 26 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Palestine in Pictures - Leo Kahn

Opening: $700
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Palästina im bild [Palestine in Photos]. Photography: Leo Kahn. Published by the Judische Zeitung newspaper (where Kahn worked), Vienna, 1912.
162 plates with professional photos taken by Kahn during his mission to Eretz Israel in 1912, on behalf of the newspaper and in cooperation with the JNF.
Contained in an original folder with a photo on its outer side and an embossed writing in gilded letters. The photos portray settlements and cities, landscape photos and the settlers: children, workers, Yementies; the Hebrew Gymnasium, Bezalel and more. Incomplete set (originally 180 plates). Photos 11.5x8.5cm, printed on plates 20x17cm. Good condition. Folder is torn.
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