Palestine Pre-1948

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Collection of 72 mostly colonial period postcards of both Protest and Catholic missionary societies operating in Palestine. Mostly British (as Great Britain held the Mandate over Palestine) but also French and Italian societies, including Missioni Estere Cappuccini, London Missionary Society, London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews, Scripture Gift Mission, Peres Blancs, S.P.C.K., Missionary Film Committee, Missions de Nazareth, Associazione Nazionale per Soccorrere I Missionari Italiani.

Price: $2000.00

EPM 293

January 1947 issue of Turkish satirical journal, Karikatur. It reflects the chaos of the British Empire, including Jewish terrorism. John Bull is holding up a dove, symbol of peace. He says: “You’re making too much noise, kids……You’ll scare the pigeon!”

Price: $120.00

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Photo album belonging to a British soldier based in Palestine during WW1. Shows officers playing polo, RAF Palestine Group headquarters, camp life, standing in front of a jewish hotel in Havazelet Hasharon. 45 photos, some captioned.

Price: $350.00

PL 075

Rare photo on postcard stock of a public hanging with manuscript notation on the back saying "Armenian Victims of the Turks. Every day scenes in Jerusalem"

Price: $100.00

PL 074

3 postcards by the Istituto Ittalo-Britannico of the British occupation of Jerusalem, 1917.B

Price: $120.00

PL 073

3 postcards of pre-WW2 Palestine. B

Price: $100.00

PL 072

Postcard of the Palestine pavilion at the 1931 Paris exposition. B

Price: $30.00

PL 071

Zionist postcard by the Hebrew Publishing Co of New York. B

Price: $90.00

PL 070

12 colonial postcards of views of Haifa, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Nazareth and Bethlehem

Price: $360.00

HOL 058

Italian Zionist photo archive of 32/33 captioned photos from 1927. Important data shown under “Some data on Palestinian Reconstruction”, with map showing the areas of Hebrew occupation and photos of the first Italian settlement in Palestine. This was presented as a gift from Dott. Ciro Glass, President of the Executive Commission of the Italian Zionist Federation and the Keren Haiesod. On the back of the card, it says “as a gift to this we have a photo of the jewish sister Balutina, in the constitution day of the Italian Committee". B

Price: $1500.00

Note: Keren Hayesod was established at the World Zionist Congress in London on July 7–24, 1920 to provide the Zionist movement with resources needed to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. It came in response to the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which stated that “his Majesty's government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” - turning the ages-old dream of the return to Zion into a politically feasible goal. Keren Hayesod established fundraising organizations around the world. During the 1920s, Keren Hayesod began to lay the groundwork for a Jewish National Home and helped raise funds to establish the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bank Hapoalim and various physical projects. In 1926, Keren Hayesod relocated its headquarters from London to Jerusalem.