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Photographs and architectural drawings from Israel
M1922
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Photographs and architectural drawings from Israel
Identifier/Call Number: M1922
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
One box; two flat boxes; four map folders
Date (inclusive): 1930-1950
Collection of documents belonging to Yehuda Avissar, deputy municipal engineer of the city of Jaffa. Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, [1930s-40s].
The collection includes: thirty architectural drawings, including drawings of the Dajani Hospital, the first private hospital
in Jaffa; the offices of ha-Mashbir ha-Merkazi; and other buildings and streets in Jaffa. There are also about 100 letters,
receipts and official documents addressed to Avissar, as well as three small photographs depicting sewer pipe installation
in Jaffa. Most of the documents are from the Jaffa Municipality and from the Association of Engineers and Architects.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization
to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 2012. Accession 2012-226.
[identification of item], Photographs and architectural drawings from Israel (M1922). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.