​A pamphlet about Zichron Ya’akov written in English and in Hebrew and produced by PICA—The Palestine Jewish Colonization Association. The pamphlet, which was printed in 1951-2, includes photographs of Baron de Rothschild and his son and of a street in Zichron Ya’akov. The text tells the story of the establishment of Zichron Ya’akov with a heavy emphasis on the role of Baron de Rothschild.

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PICA - PICA was an organisation established in 1924 by Baron Edmond de Rothschild and directed by his son Baron James Armand de Rothschild. The organisation provided financial support for Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel between 1924 and 1957.