Tzedaka Gedolah. Lunch Kitchen

Estimate

$300–$400

Hammer price

Not recorded

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

author

(VILNA)

Place

Vilna

Publication

1893-1917

Description

Manuscript on paper. Yiddish text

summary

Contains various charts, records and documents pertaining to the activities of the Central Charitable Organization, that provided meals to the poor og Vilna. Included are records of expenditures and number of meals provided, with large fold-out charts enumerating the various products. Also with names and amounts donated by various. Includes interesting details of a meeting which resulted in the proclamation of the "Committee to Battle Inflation, Speculation and High Food Prices in Vilna" particularly aimed towards those that raised bread prices.

ff.15 including 6 folio-sized fold out charts. Lightly foxed, lacking cover. 4to and folio

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