Helen and Bill Savitt send Season's Greetings from the Holy Land, 1971
SubjectPortrait of
William Myron Savitt
American, 1901 - 1995
SubjectPortrait of
Helen Savitt
American, 1909 - 1996
PrinterPrinted by
Israel Art-Print Ltd.
Israeli
Date1971
MediumPhotomechanical print
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 1/8 × 5 7/8in. (10.5 × 14.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Regina Madigan
DescriptionA color postcard featuring three photographs. On the left are Helen and Bill Savitt at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel. The top right photo is an aerial view of Bethlehem. The bottom right photo are nuns on Ein Karem near Jerusalem.
Printed in red beneath the photographs: " HELEN and BILL SAVITT send Season's Greetings from the HOLY LAND." The postcard was mailed from Jerusalem, Israel to John Madigan in East Hartford, Connecticut on November 11, 1971.
Printed in red beneath the photographs: " HELEN and BILL SAVITT send Season's Greetings from the HOLY LAND." The postcard was mailed from Jerusalem, Israel to John Madigan in East Hartford, Connecticut on November 11, 1971.
Object number2025.17.0
CopyrightCopyright Not Evaluated
InscribedPrinted in teal on back: "AIRMAIL / Postcard"Printed in teal on back: "May blessings ring out / throughout the world / With chimes of peace / and everlasting love. / Helen & Bill Savitt"
Printed in teal on back: "Photographs: / Helen and Bill Savitt at the Western Wall, / the sole existing remnant of the Temple / in Jerusalem, City of Peace. / Airview of Bethlehem, with Manger Square / and the Church of the Nativity, built by / Constantine in the 4th Century. / Nuns of Ein Karem, near Jerusalem. Birth- / place of John the Baptist and the home / of his parents Elizabeth and Zacharias. / Here they were visited by the Virgin Mary."
Printed in teal on back: "Printed in Israel • Copyright by Israel Art-Print Ltd. P.O. Box 16284. Tel Aviv, Israel."
Printed in teal on back: "The above stamp symbolizes the fruitful soil of the Holy Land. / 'I planted me vineyards, I made me gardens and orchards and / I planted trees in them of all kind of fruit.' Ecclesiastes 2, 4-5."
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