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ketubahs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Traditional Jewish marriage contracts, traditionally written in Aramaic and signed by witnesses, setting out reciprocal duties of husband and wife, including the husband's obligation to pay the wife a certain sum in the event of divorce, and the wife's property rights upon his death.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Laufer family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1034-076
Abstract

Papers of the Laufer family, Polish immigrants who ran a kosher restaurant on King Street in Charleston, South Carolina. Materials include an original Laufer's Kosher Restaurant business card, naturalization certificates, a ketubah, and two family photographs. Most materials are photocopies. Also included are 12 cupping glasses or "bankas" used for medicinal purposes.

Dates: 1910-circa 1945