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One of the Founders and First Mayor of Tel-Aviv
The Reading and Signing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence
was in the former home of Meir Dizengoff
DIZENGOFF, Meir. (1861-1936). Settled in Palestine in 1905. Russian-born pioneer in the first Jewish labor movement, developed the first industry in Palestine. Zionist leader as early as 1885 when he was arrested as a Russian revolutionary. He championed the founding of a Jewish homeland in Israel over Uganda and was among those in 1904 who began purchasing land near Jaffa that would later become Tel-Aviv. One of the Founders of the City of Tel-Aviv (1906). He laid the cornerstone (1909) and was the first Mayor of Tel-Aviv, the first Palestine Jewish City. D.S., bank check, The Palestine Discount Bank of Tel Aviv 3/13/1936 made payable to Tel-Aviv City by an individual. Endorsed by Mayor Dizengoff in the year of his death. The first check of this kind we have seen. One file hole, and a burn mark near the top left corner which does not affect a thing. Dizengoff’s bold signature on the verso is excellent.........$225.00
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