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29-31 August 1897: 1st Congress in Basel.

Leader Theodor Herzl meticulously choreographed the event so as to lend it an air of significance as well as hold together disparate constituencies.

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/120-years-later-3-days-in-Basel-that-changed-the-course-of-the-Jewish-nation-503768

The preamble to the Program called for establishment of a "home in for the people, secured under public law," thus leaving open the question of statehood but affirming that the result required international support

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_Program

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: When unfolded, this album commemorating the First Congress (August 29-31, 1897), depicts the delegates.

Here, 162 of them. Figures vary, but 200-250 persons took part, including 17 —though they became voting members only in 1898

Interesting that this evidently American document featured portraits of not only the movement’s leaders—but also and Columbus. Trying to suggest an equivalence of nation-building—or just patriotic filler?

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curved rows of portraits of delegates in wreaths with Herzl in center at each corner of the page: six-pointed stars (condition: stains from old tape at folds)
detail of delegate portrait in preceding photo: six women in the lower row
left: portrait of Washington, facing right, after Gilbert Stuart right: imagined portrait of Columbus, facing left

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My Hitler Book: What am I supposed to do with it? - Tablet Magazine

Interesting to me

  1. As author says, these books are neither rare nor valuable. Mine came from my father, who found them in his office during the US occupation

  2. Article draws a contrast between those who thoughtlessly (or worse) collect Nazi memorabilia vs. dealers like Mark Funke, who thinks carefully about historical value & interpretation

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/my-hitler-book


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CitizenWald,
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Back to cigarette albums: they always intrigued me as a branch of marketing & collecting aimed at adults rather than children. They were particularly popular in Germany, so the Nazi regime took advantage of the genre and corporations happily obliged.

A Smith College colleague developed a collection and taught a seminar in which students created an exhibit

https://www.smith.edu/news-stories/2008-09/cigaretteexhibition-120.php

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19 July 1821 Coronation of King George IV of England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_George_IV

The festivities went on for a long time--and clearly, the printers were as profligate as anyone else.

And recall: going nuts with typefaces back then involved a lot more than clicking a key on the laptop. Someone put a lot of thought and effort into this bad design!

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