Tel Aviv Centennial Picture – part 1

The envelope to the Sirkis family from the Municipality of Tel-Aviv (March 4th, 1959) / © Tel Aviv Fever

Today, April 17th, thousands of descendants of the 66 family-founders of Tel-Aviv (1909) flocked the old ‘Manisha’ train-station, built at the end of the 19th century on the border of Neve-Tsedek (it connected Yafo with Jerusalem). Today the site comprises more then 20 renovated buildings surrounded by landscaped lawns, and will include boutique shops, cafes and restaurants.
One of the descendants of the Sirkis-family showed me a rare object: an invitation from March 1959 for the 50 year celebration of Tel Aviv, his grandfather (one of the founders of Tel Aviv) received from the municipality. Within the invitation was a copy of the original picture, taken by Avraham Soskin on April 11th 1909 (the sea-shell lottery) and two entry-tickets for the celebration. His grandfather didn’t visit the evening, because the entry-strips are still on the ticket!

A copy of the original picture of Avraham Soskin (April 11th 1909) / © Tel Aviv Fever

The entry-tickets, that weren't used / © Tel Aviv Fever

[edit: The Tel Aviv Centennial Photo Series are here: (1, 2 & 3)]