Online Auction 014 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Two Photographs by Tzadok Bassan – Jerusalem, 1920s

Opening: $100
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Two photographs of rabbis and members of the Old Yishuv in Jerusalem, by Tzadok Bassan. Jerusalem, [1920s].
1. "Photo of the students of the Talmud Torah and of the yeshiva gedola and of the Mea She'arim public kitchen", [1920s].
Group photo of the rabbis and students of the Mea She'arim Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Titled in the plate (in Hebrew and English). Embossed stamp in the bottom left corner: "Photographer Tzaddok Bassan Jerusalem".
22X29 cm. Good condition. Several tears to margins.
2. "Laying the cornerstone of the Etz Chaim neighborhood, 6th of Nisan 1929".
A composite photograph (four photographs printed on one plate) of the festivities accompanying the laying of the cornerstone of the Etz Chaim neighborhood in Jerusalem. Captions on the plate (in Hebrew and English). Embossed stamp in bottom left corner of the plate: "Photographer Tzaddok Bassan Jerusalem".
20.5X28 cm. Good condition. Blemishes and tiny tears to margins.
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