A collection of 67 photographs and postcards of synagogues, late 19th century – 1930s.
7 photographs of synagogues in Europe (except for one from Eretz Israel) – late 19th century – the 1930s. Among them: the interior of a European synagogue showing the front of the Ark of the Covenant and the platform (early 20th century, 22×17 cm), the front of the great synagogue in Italy [18×13 cm], an early albumen photograph of Rashi’s synagogue in Worms (circa 1890), the structure of the synagogue in Brno, Czechoslovakia (photo of the diagram of the synagogue made by Avraham Shulster 18×24 cm), a stereoscopic photograph of the ruined synagogue in Jerusalem (circa 1900).
44 synagogue postcards. Europe. Years: 1900 – 1930. Most of them are synagogues in Europe, among them about half were sent by mail, some are early undivided back postcards from the 1900.
Attached: postcard folder of synagogues in Prague. folder with 16 black-and-white postcards of interior and exterior views of synagogues in Prague. Collector’s edition released in 1990. Including the explanatory booklet on each of the photographed synagogues. complete.
67 items in total. General condition good – very good.
