Thursday, April 26, 2007

Independence Day Exhibit At Machon Meir

Did you see the Independence Day Exhibit at Machon Meir? I did! The exhibit includes relics, newspaper clippings and more from the "way back when". For instance, this is how people did their laundry sixty years ago(click on picture to enlarge):



A phonograph that I estimate is from about 1965 played a record of IDF marching tunes. This was a real eye opener for my children, members of the cassette/CD generation:



Here's a picture of the Lehi wall-newspaper HaMa'as:



There is a lot more to see. I recommend it.
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3 comments:

  1. A Simple JewThu Apr 26, 05:50:00 PM

    Very cool!


    BTW: see this posting here

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  2. BatyaSun Apr 29, 08:02:00 AM

    Interesting. How long will it be on display?
    When we made aliyah in 1970, people were still boiling diapers. The "rich" used a diaper service.

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  3. Cosmic XSun Apr 29, 04:02:00 PM

    ASJ,

    I saw the post about Meir Feinstein and Moshe Barazani...fantastic.

    Batya,

    I think the last day of the exhibit was Motzaei Shabbat.

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