LOT 100:
A Large Collection of synagogues Postcards and jewish subjects - the Land of Israel, Europe and USA - Early 20th Century
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A Large Collection of synagogues Postcards and jewish subjects - the Land of Israel, Europe and USA - Early 20th Century
A collection of some 125 postcards on Jewish topics - from the years: 1900-1930. Various publishers.
Among the postcards are postcards depicting synagogues throughout Europe and the USA - including postcards of synagogues in the cities of Lille, Sous jouarre, Szolnok, Marienbad, Uzhorod [the Ukraine], Belfort, Bzenec, chaux de fonds, Luneville, Baltimore, Denver, Kansas City, Louisville, Mississippi, Vicksburg, posen, szabadka, two artist postcards with an illustration of the central synagogue in Prague - an inside and outside view of the Altneuschul in the style of a woodcut signed with the artist's handwritten signature O. Kwinfralu, a stereoscopic photograph of the ruins of the synagogue on Sutter street in San Fransisco after the earthquake of 1865, a binder of postcards from the city of Berlin from the 19th century with a picture of the main synagogue in Berlin, and more.
There are also postcards depicting Jewish sites throughout the world as well as dozens of postcards of scenes from Palestine - Gruss aus postcards, sites in the Old City of Jerusalem - the Western Wall, Ein Kerem, the Temple Mount, Jericho, the Dead Sea, Tel Aviv and more.
Various publications. 32 of the postcards were sent by post, 27 are not divided [early, pre-1905]. Conditions vary, fine-very fine.