Auction 10
Rare & Special Items: Judaica│Israeliana
By Levy Auction House
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Jun 14, 2022
Jerusalem, Israel
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Eretz Israel, Palestine, The Holy Land
Judaica, Jewish Culture & History of the Jewish People
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LOT 97:
Purim Ball Invitation - Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, 1883
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Purim Ball Invitation - Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, 1883
Invitation Card for the Mount Sinai Purim Ball: "Purim Charity Ball in aid of the Mount Sinai Hospital & Dispensary under the management of the Purim Association. Thursday, March 15th, 1883. Academy of Music. Fancy Dress". The annual Purim balls were held in some of the largest auditoria of New York, such as Madison square garden and the academy of music, and were a significant social event. The 1883 ball is described in one of the local newspapers: "The grand fancy dress ball of the Purim Association at the Academy of Music last night was a brilliant success…The robes of royal personages represented were the richest ever seen in this country” (from the Purim Anthology, edited by Philip Goodman, 1949).
Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is one of the oldest and largest teaching hospitals in the United States. At the time of its founding, other hospitals in New York City discriminated against Jewish people both by not hiring them, and by prohibiting them from being treated in the hospitals' wards. The hospital was founded to address the needs of New York City's rapidly growing Jewish immigrant community.
25X17 cm. Good condition, stains, wear.
