An eclectic mix of materials relating to the history of Tel
Aviv. Included are census materials, advertisements from the
1920s and 1930s, maps and completion certificates for buildings
constructed between 1935-1948, postcards, photographs, municipal
documents, land deeds, visa and employment certification
requests, flyers and publicity for cultural events, movie
handbills before 1948, and business ads. Eliasaf Robinson, a
native of the city of Tel Aviv, began to gather the materials
relating to Tel Aviv in the 1960s, when he was still a teenager.
He belongs to the fourth generation in a family dynasty of
booksellers and is the most prominent antiquarian book dealer in
Israel. The Jewish settlement that became the city of Tel Aviv
was established in 1909. Almost everything in this collection
dates from before 1948, the year that the State of Israel
proclaimed its independence. The collection documents a vast
range of private and public activity in Tel Aviv during its
first four decades. Above all, the material