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Auction 51 · Lot 331
(Prime Minister of the State of Israel, 1898-1978). Autograph Postcard Signed: "Goldie." Written in English and addressed to her childhood friend, Regina Hamburger
- Estimate
- $500–$700
- Hammer price
- $450
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
MEIR, GOLDA
printer
December 24th
Place
Philadelphia
Publication
1918
Description
Describes the atmosphere of the Zionist Congress as "the most wonderful thing imaginable."
summary
An uncommonly early correspondence from Golda Meir’s youth in America.
In her autobiography "My Life" (1975), the future Prime Minister of the State of Israel describes her close friendship with a fellow schoolmate in Milwaukee, Regina Hamberger (see p. 33) - the recipient of this postcard. Golda writes exuberantly from the Zionist Congress taking place in Philadelphia, where, as she records decades later in her autobiography, "my political career actually began" (My Life, p. 67)