Collection of Items – Jewish Congregation in China – Photographs of the Jewish Congregation in Tianjin

Collection of Items – Jewish Congregation in China – Photographs of the Jewish Congregation in Tianjin
Collection of photographs and documents – Jewish congregation in China. Tianjin and Harbin. Ca. 1917-1942.
1-2. пропускной легитимационный билет, two travel certificates on behalf of the Chinese Eastern Railway issued in 1917-1918 for residents of Harbin. The certificates grant their owners the right to travel further than the Chinese Eastern Railway tracks. Russian with details filled in by hand, and various official ink-stamps. A photograph of the holder or holders of the certificate is pasted to each of the certificates. [2] leaves, 24X19 cm. Fair condition. Stains and damage. Folding marks. Tears at margins and folding lines (reinforced with adhesive tape).
3. Group photograph of students and teachers at the Hebrew School in Tianjin (titled in the plate in Hebrew and English and dated – October 1935; ink-stamped: "Photo Studio A. Vasserman"). The photograph is pasted to a leaf from a photo album. On the back of the leaf – a photograph of a boy (titled and dated by hand, in English, on the leaf – Kobe (Japan), July, 1930). Leaf: 31X25 cm. Group photograph in poor condition (dark stains, affecting photograph).
4. Jewish Club Kunst, 1937. A group photograph of board members at the Jewish club "Kunst" in Tianjin – photomontage combining portraits and illustrations. Printed in Tianjin by "J. M. Lifshitz Art Photo-Studio". 28.5X23 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and creases. A tear reinforced with adhesive tape. Small piece of adhesive tape and pasting traces at margins. Pasting traces on the back.
5. Jewish Congregation of Tentsin / Tentsin Hebrew Association, Committee of Funeral Brotherhood, 1942. Group photograph of Hevra Kadisha in Tianjin – photomontage combining portraits and illustrations. Printed in Tianjin by "J.M.Lifshitz Art Photo-Studio". 26X20 cm, mounted on cardboard. Good condition. Slight damage. Creases and tears to cardboard.
Enclosed: * Photograph of Hevra Kadisha vehicle (apparently of the Jewish Congregation in Tianjin). * A letter in English sent from Kobe (Japan), July 1930. Typewritten on a narrow, long piece of paper, folded and pasted at its two ends to a cardboard sheet with the name of the addressee – Miss Celia Horenstein (printed).