Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Photograph – Menachem Ussishkin and "The Eretz Israel Assembly" – Zichron Yaakov, 1903
Opening: $150
Sold for: $425
Including buyer's premium
Group photograph of members of the Eretz Israel Assembly ("HaKenessiya HaEretzYisraelit") in Zichron Yaakov, 1903.
Group photograph of Menachem Ussishkin, Eliezever Ben Yehuda, David Yellin, Aaron Aaronsohn, Yechiel Michel Pines, and other members of the Eretz Israel Assembly. Captioned and dated in the plate (Hebrew).
Mounted on thin card, with an inked stamp of the Haifa-based photographer Joseph Rosio. Inscribed on verso to "Dr. Veis" of Zichron Yaakov.
The Eretz Israel Assembly ("HaKenessiya HaEretzYisraelit") was the first attempt to establish a Jewish parliament in Palestine. The organization was founded by Menachem Ussishkin in 1903, as opposition to Theodore Herzl and the Zionist Congress. However, it did not gain recognition, and was dissolved two years after its establishment.
Photograph: approx. 23.5X17.5 cm (mount: 33X27 cm). Good condition. Minor blemishes. Card mount slightly stained. Marginal tears to mount (one tear mended with adhesive tape); loss to upper left corner.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
Group photograph of Menachem Ussishkin, Eliezever Ben Yehuda, David Yellin, Aaron Aaronsohn, Yechiel Michel Pines, and other members of the Eretz Israel Assembly. Captioned and dated in the plate (Hebrew).
Mounted on thin card, with an inked stamp of the Haifa-based photographer Joseph Rosio. Inscribed on verso to "Dr. Veis" of Zichron Yaakov.
The Eretz Israel Assembly ("HaKenessiya HaEretzYisraelit") was the first attempt to establish a Jewish parliament in Palestine. The organization was founded by Menachem Ussishkin in 1903, as opposition to Theodore Herzl and the Zionist Congress. However, it did not gain recognition, and was dissolved two years after its establishment.
Photograph: approx. 23.5X17.5 cm (mount: 33X27 cm). Good condition. Minor blemishes. Card mount slightly stained. Marginal tears to mount (one tear mended with adhesive tape); loss to upper left corner.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
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