Apparently a painted sketch or comprehensive for a Hebrew language Greeting card. Seasons of joy. Holidays and times for celebrating.
Monthly Archives: January, 2010
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KIBBUTZ YAHEL
Front of a tri-fold brochure for the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, to raise funds for the Kibbutz Yahel Center for Education and Culture.
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CHARLOTTE STERN
Charlotte Stern, one of Ismar’s oldest friends in Jerusalem and an earlier arrival from Germany than he was. She opened Charlotte’s Gifts on Storrs Street in 1938. According to Frommer’s it is the oldest gift shop in West Jerusalem and it is still there. Photo of a photo, taken by Jeff Finger.
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PALESTINE BOOK
Palestine Book. The cover of a magazine for the Jewish Palestine Pavillion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. From a photostat.
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ALL THINGS ARE READY
Shakespeare quote for a calendar page. All things are ready if our minds be so. From the Life of King Henry the Fifth
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LORE LILIEN
Book and box for Lore Lilien. Goldsmith Lore Lilien was the wife of printer and printing historian Otto Lilien. The pair were close friends of Ismar, who designed this book with a case with metal clasp for her. Unfortunately this a poor photocopy of a photograph.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Certificate of Service, one of several certificates done for the United American Hebrew Congregations in 1964.
