Collection of Greetings Sent to Heinrich Loewe for his 70th Birthday – July, 1939

Collection of Greetings Sent to Heinrich Loewe for his 70th Birthday – July, 1939
A bound volume with approx. 360 greetings, written by hand and printed, sent to Heinrich Loewe on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, and other locations, 1939. Hebrew and German.
Most of the greetings are written on letterhead stationery or on calling cards, and some are telegrams sent to him. The volume includes, among others, greetings from Menachem Ussishkin; Alexander Zueskind Rabinovich; Asher Barash; the author Hemda Ben-Yehudah; the artist Joseph Budko; the author Avraham Kahana; the poet Emnauel Harussi; Dov Hoz; "Keren HaYessod" and JNF representatives; the staff of the Tel-Aviv zoo; as well as greetings from industrialists, physicians, engineers and acquaintances who immigrated from Germany.
Bound at the end of the volume are about 60 printed paper items related to Loewe's birthday: invitation to an evening led by Loewe, booklets printed in his honor and newspaper clippings with articles about him.
Pasted on the spine is a leather strip, gilt lettered: Heinrich Loewe, Eliakim Ben Yehudah, 70 Geburtstag, 11.7.39.
Enclosed: thirteen paper items, printed and written by hand, related to Heinrich Loewe (some from later periods).
Approx. 360 greetings. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Bound volume: approx. 30.5 cm. Binding slightly worn.