8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 63:
Ten Photographs by Avraham Soskin
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Ten Photographs by Avraham Soskin
*Leveling sands in Tel-Aviv, 1910. Embossed stamp "Photographer Avraham Soskin Tel-Aviv-Jaffa". *First graduates of the Jaffa Hebrew gymnasium (later Herzlia Gymnasium), in natural sciences room (amongst the students: Zila Feinberg, sister of Avshalom Feinberg; Moshe Menuhim, father of violinist Yehudi Menuhin; Yona Papo, teacher Dr. Matmon-Cohen?), signed in the plate "Soskin Zadok Jaffa".
* Two photographs of reception ceremonies in honor of the "Zionist commission for Palestine" in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, April 1918 (Chaim Weizmann appears in one of the photographs) * A group visiting the Roman amphitheater in Beit-Shean. Embossed signature. * Torah books replaced post WW I, signed in the plate "Phot. A. Soskin". * Workers and directors of the Electric Corporation in the Tel-Aviv power plant, 1924. Pinchas Rutenberg is seen in the center. Embossed signature. * Teachers and students of "Herzlia" gymnasium, embossed signature.* Portrait photo mounted on cardboard, with photographer's label. A long, handwritten, dedication appears on the cardboard for Mr. A. Levine-Epstein. * Group photo of Hanita settlers with Prof. Haim Weizmann and Moshe Sharet, shortly after settling there as part of the "Tower and Stockade" operation, [1938]. Mounted on cardboard with the photographer's label. Sizes and conditions vary.
