The sign is rectangular but its head is designed according to the silhouette of the old building of the Gymnasia Herzliya, which serves as a logo of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel
The house was photographed on the same day by the same photographer
Click for a larger image Click for a larger image The pictures on the sign are enlarged here:
Linotype machine for arranging text in fused lead lines
Click for a larger image Machined using the Letterpress printing method
Click for a larger image Translation of the text on the sign:
Symbol of the Council for the Preservation of Israeli Heritage Sites
Symbol of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council
The symbol of the Ministry of Culture and Sports
Kibbutz Merhavia symbol
KIBBUTZ ARTZI HEADQUARTERS This building was designed by the architect Jacob Pinkerfeld in the international style, under the influence of the "Bauhaus". In 1936 the house was built by the national kibbutz movement and from 1938 it served as a center for the movements activities. On the top floor lived the secretariat of the movement and the leadership of Hashomer Hatzair. The office of the leader Meir Yaari was also there, where Yaari worked until his death in 1987.
In 1940, "Hashomer Hatzair" began operating on the lower floor. Here the books of the "Workers Library", the movement press, British consular stamps, passport pages and various licenses for the needs of the "Hagana" were printed.
With the evacuation of the upper floor, where the archive of the movement was located, until 1981. The printing house was closed in the mid-1980s. Later, the kibbutz housed various institutions and trades in this house.
Today, the kibbutz rents the two floors to outside businesses.
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Above: A linotype machine for arranging text in melted lead lines.
Right: a machine using the Letterpress printing method. Four decades later, a color offset process printing machine was also introduced.