2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Likely taken during the British Mandate, the image presents Mother, Father, and two sons, one of which in Uniform. The beach shows a flocking to the ocean, light traffic. nd., c1935-40. Tel-Aviv was founded in 1909 Jewish residents established the neighbourhood as a modern housing estate on the outskirts of the ancient port city of Jaffa. The name Tel-Aviv, from the biblical name Tel Abib (lit. "Tell of Spring") adopted by Nahum Sokolow as the title for his Hebrew translation of Theodor Herzl's 1902 novel Altneuland ("Old New Land"). Immigration by mostly Jewish refugees meant that the growth of Tel Aviv soon outpaced that of Jaffa, which had a majority Arab population at the time. In 1948, the Israeli Declaration of Independence was proclaimed in the city, with Tel Aviv named as the founding capital of Israel – a function it retained officially until 1950.
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