Collection of 27 ‘Shanah Tovah’ postcards depicting Jewish customs – Europe and the United States, various publishers and places and dates of print. 1900-1920.
Highlights: Blowing the shofar [published by Altneuland – Warsaw], the son’s blessing [with inscriptions in German and Hebrew ‘תחל שנה וברכותיה’ (‘May the year with its blessings begin’)], postcards with high holiday synagogue scenes, postcards with reproductions of paintings by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, ‘Shanah Tovah’s depicting the kapparot custom, taking the four species, a postcard which was distributed for Jewish immigrants who arrived in America at the beginning of the 20th century which depicts the tashlich custom, and more.
Various publishers: Phonix – Berlin, Altneuland – Warsaw, Postcards which were printed in Austria and Germany for Jewish publishers in the United States and more.
Seven are undivided [early, prior to 1905], 12 were sent in the mail. Except five, all are Shanah Tovah postcards.
Size: 9×14 cm. Overall fine condition.