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Postcard: Purim at Jaffa Port III
[Posted: 2026-02-02 10-56 UTC±0] 

Square-ish painting in watercolour with ink lines. On the left-center stands a smiling woman painted up to her waist looking to the up right. She holds a bouquet of white flowers, wears a tophat, slightly darkened glasses, and a red bowtie. She has orange-ish hair. The bouquet has a blue string flowing down. On the right from her is a tall woman with blue rabbit ears, dancing, looking to the left. Both wear black formal wear. Behind is the background painted schematically in different colours, and the signature "Michael Vokabre 2026 5786 Acre Container House Port of Jaffa"

Composite scan, on the right is the painting described before, on the left is where the address and postal stamps are (the postcard is turned 180 degrees from how it appears when mailed. Above where the address goes superimposed is the photo from the front of the postcard, a panorama of a recently constructed Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv. Below are two stamps. The stamp on the left, valued 4ILS depicts two embroideries of rural scenes from "Palestine Textile Prints", it's from the series "embroidery in Eretz Israel". The stamp on the right valued 1ILS depicts a red flower. Above the stamps is Tel Aviv Yafo cancellation. Below the stamps is the description of the postcard used, saying "Rothschild Boulevard Tel Aviv 1936, Photograph by Rudi Weissenstein, The PhotoHouse, www.thephotohouse.co.il"

Purim at Jaffa Port III
פורים בנמל יפו III
بوريم في ميناء يافا III

Painting in ink and watercolour with a scene at the Container House (בית המכולות) at the Jaffa Port (נמל יפו ميناء يافا) of Tel Aviv Jaffa (תל אביב יפו تل أبيب يافا). Painted on the back of a postcard with a 1936 photo by Shimon Rudolf “Rudi” Weissenstein.

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