Online Auction 018 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Collection of Transport Tickets and Receipts of Early Transit Companies – Palestine, 1920s-30s
Opening: $300
Sold for: $550
Including buyer's premium
33 receipts, transport tickets and business cards of bus companies, transit services and garages. Palestine, 1920s-30s (a few items are later).
The collection includes business cards and receipts of transport companies, among them "Express Car Service", "Garage 'Tiberias' and Garage 'Palestine'", "'Kadima' Car Service", "Car Service to all parts of Palestine, I. Kimmel, Afula", "Har VaEmek Car Service company, to all parts of Palestine, Syria and Aram Naharayim". "'Gesher' Car service to all of the cities, Palestine and Syria", "Drivers Association 'Hasharon'", "Drivers Association Hadera", "Association of Jewish Drivers in Palestine", Car Service "Ha-Ichud"and Car Service "Merkaz". The collection also includes a truck driver's license on behalf of the Mandate Government, for the year 1947-1948.
Enclosed: • Membership Card in the name of Gordon Yehushua in "Garden Enthusiasts" Club, Tel-Aviv, 1923. Receipts issued by different taxi companies, among them "Hamerkaz", "Hasharon", "Dan"and more, ca.1970s – 1990s.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
The collection includes business cards and receipts of transport companies, among them "Express Car Service", "Garage 'Tiberias' and Garage 'Palestine'", "'Kadima' Car Service", "Car Service to all parts of Palestine, I. Kimmel, Afula", "Har VaEmek Car Service company, to all parts of Palestine, Syria and Aram Naharayim". "'Gesher' Car service to all of the cities, Palestine and Syria", "Drivers Association 'Hasharon'", "Drivers Association Hadera", "Association of Jewish Drivers in Palestine", Car Service "Ha-Ichud"and Car Service "Merkaz". The collection also includes a truck driver's license on behalf of the Mandate Government, for the year 1947-1948.
Enclosed: • Membership Card in the name of Gordon Yehushua in "Garden Enthusiasts" Club, Tel-Aviv, 1923. Receipts issued by different taxi companies, among them "Hamerkaz", "Hasharon", "Dan"and more, ca.1970s – 1990s.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
The Morton Leventhal Collection
The Morton Leventhal Collection