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           | DescriptionTelAviv-Founding.jpg | 
           
             Tel Aviv was founded on land purchased from Bedouins, north of the existing city of Jaffa. This photograph is of 1909 auction of the first lots. 
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           Taken on 1909 | 
          
          
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           Originally from  he.wikipedia; description page is/was  here. Original uploader was  מאיר מ at  he.wikipedia. The source is  מאיר מ, a person from Israel, the author is  Avraham Soskin. | 
          
          
           | Author | 
            Avraham Soskin (1881 - 1963) | 
          
          
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              This work or image is now in the  public domain because its term of copyright has expired in Israel. According to  Israel's copyright statute from 2007 ( translation), a work is released to the public domain on 1 January of the 71st year after the author's death (paragraph 38 of the 2007 statute) with the following exceptions: 
                - A photograph taken on 24 May 2008 or earlier — the  old British Mandate act applies, i.e. on 1 January of the 51st year after the creation of the photograph (paragraph 78(i) of the 2007 statute, and paragraph 21 of the old British Mandate act).
 
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