The Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium

Text on the back -the israel museum, jerusalem מוזיאון ישראל, ירושלים 258 © the israel museum, jerusalem, כל הזכויות שמורות 1981 יעקב בן-דב, גימנסיה הרצליה, תל-אביב, 1912 לערך yaakov ben-dov, herzliya gymnasium, tel aviv, c. 1912 gérard lévy photography fund;Production period - 1981;founders, architects, painters etc. - Yaakov Ben-Dov;Front Period - ca. 1912;Category - Jewish school;Description - A horizontal photograph depicting the front of the Hebrew Gymnasium in Herzliya, built in 1909 as the first Hebrew highschool in Eretz Israel. The Old building, seen in the photograph, was located on Herzl Street in Tel Aviv. On 1959 it was demolished, the school was transferred to Jabotinsky Street, and the lot was used for the establishment of the 'Shalom Meir' Tower. The buildings on both sides have two stories and, as the gymnasium building itself, are designed in an eclectic style. [M. J.];Back Description - A divided back with the museum's details as a divider, and details of the photograph on the lower left rim.