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ORT-Verband. “Jobless craftsmen and artisans may obtain machinery and raw materials through ORT, with the financial support of relatives abroad."

Auction 71 · Lot 49

ORT-Verband. “Jobless craftsmen and artisans may obtain machinery and raw materials through ORT, with the financial support of relatives abroad."

Estimate
$4,000–$6,000
Hammer price
$7,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(SOVIET UNION).

Place

Moscow, 1930.

Description

Text in Russian and Yiddish. Designed by Mikhail Oskarovich Dlugach.

summary

ORT was originally established in Russia in 1880 as the Obchestvo Remeslenogo Truda (Society for Trade and Agricultural Labor among the Jews of Russia). It was organized for the benefit of millions of Jews, assisting them by providing education and training in practical occupations, and so helped establish new agricultural colonies and industrial cooperatives throughout Russia.
Framed. 27 x 40.5 inches to mat.
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