Explore 5 items related to Jerusalem.
Multi-colored lithograph broadside advertising a fundraiser for Talmud Torah Yeshivat Haye Olam & Orphans' Kitchen in Jerusalem. Printed in English, Yiddish, and Hebrew, the broadside features six candles and scenes of the Holy Land. The date of publication is unknown, but the item is likely from around 1900. The broadside was filled in by hand.
Three-page letter dated January 1, 1878, from a committee of American Jews in Jerusalem (David Lilienthal, Moses Teiler, and H. Z. Sneersohn) to Col. George I. Fisher in Washington, D.C. The letter solicits funds for impoverished Jews in Jerusalem, explaining that they are not seeking government funds but requesting assistance in publishing a plea for aid in leading American journals. The letter references Simon Wolf and Rabbi Weiss. The letterhead features a blue seal depicting an American eagle over Solomon's Temple.
A four-page letter written by Patrick Joseph Flyn to his cousin in Jerusalem on July 30, 1947. The letter includes a photograph and discusses Jewish terrorists in Palestine. The letter is written in English.
Chromolithograph depicting the proposed design for a hospital in Jerusalem, created in 1855 by Wyatt Papworth and Thomas Allason. This broadside, along with a second page showing the hospital layout, was sent to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia and Abraham Rice in Baltimore following a visit to Palestine. The hospital was never built. This is the only known copy.
Stereoscopic photograph depicting the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel. The card functions as an advertisement for the Pittsburg Times newspaper, boasting over one million readers. Circa 1885.