Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial

Photograph of Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz, Printed on the Occasion of his Visit to the United States

Opening: $300
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
"Picture of the true Gaon and Tzaddik, Maran R. Baruch Dov Leibowitz – by Knesset Beit Yitzchak Yeshiva in Kaminetz of Lithuania, Poland". Photograph, in an original card folder, with the photography studio's sticker: "Kerr's Studio – 151 Rivington St. New York". [New York, ca. 1929].
R. Baruch Ber traveled to the United States at the end of the 1920s, to fundraise for the Kaminetz Yeshiva, and stayed there for two years. This photograph was apparently taken at that time.
Photograph size: approx. 20X25 cm. Folder maximum size: approx. 25X35 cm. Good condition. Minor damage to card folder.
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