Auction 021
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
By Kedem
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Jan 14, 2020
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 23:
Seven Leaves Ducumenting Expenses – Paving the Haifa-Jedda Road – 1921
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Seven Leaves Ducumenting Expenses – Paving the Haifa-Jedda Road – 1921
Seven leaves documenting expenses related topaving the Haifa-Jedda road (today part of Road 75), submitted by the managers of the "Carmel Group". Palestine, 1921.
The leaves are handwritten on official forms of the "Public Works Department" (two different types of forms) and they specify the various expenses that were involved in paving the road: coachmen, barley, shoemaking and tailoring services, building materials, and more.
The road from Haifa to Jedda (Ramat Yishai) was paved by the Shomriyah Battalion and the Labor Battalion during the years 1920-1921; its paving was completed in early 1922.
7 forms, approx. 22-29 cm. Good-fair condition. Fold lines, stains and creases. Closed and open tears along edges and fold lines (some of them restored). Stamps on several of the forms.
