Box 53

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Includes images of social events involving Jewish organizations or institutions, such as the Great Hebrew Charity Fair in New York City for the benefit of Jews' Hospital and Orphan Asylum, the Jews' Infant School Ball at Willis's Rooms in London, and the Hebrew Fair at Gilmore's Garden in New York City, a fundraiser for Mount Sinai Hospital.

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Images of weddings and funerals of prominent figures, such as the marriage of Leopold de Rothschild to Marie Perugia in 1881 and the funeral of Eduard Lasker in 1884.

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Includes images of Jewish immigration to the United States from various countries, most often Russia. Scenes depict landing at immigration processing centers in New York City, immigrants aboard ships, immigrant groups from various countries, and new immigrants in street scenes.

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Illustrations of scenes in Israel and Palestine of historical and religious significance. Examples include the first windmill in Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives, pools of Hebron, the Western Wall, and Tomb of the Kings. Of particular note are photographs of Jewish colonies in Palestine in 1897.

Scope and Contents Includes illustrations of Jewish orphan asylums, hospitals, soup kitchens, homes for the aged, theaters, businesses, and schools in Algeria, England, and the United States. Images show interior scenes and some building exteriors. Some images celebrate specific events, such as an institution's founding. Examples include a silk manufacturer in Algeria, the Jew's Hospital in Lower Norwood, London, and the Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor on Butler Street (now Brune Street), in Spitalfields,...

Scope and Contents Images of exiled Jews as portrayed in the Bible, as well as encampments of refugee Jews, such as those fleeing from Morocco after the the Hispano-Moroccan War in 1859. Other images of exile include exiled Russian Jews arriving in New York in 1882, the explusion of Jews from eastern Romania in the late 19th century, and 1933 photographs of police questioning Jews and the Nazi boycott of Jewish shops and offices in Berlin, Germany. Also includes a depiction of assaults on Jews in Kiev in the...

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Images of prominent political and religious figures, most of whom were active in the second half of the 19th century. Examples include Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler, Adolphe Crémieux, Benjamin Disraeli, Rabbi Moses Gaster, Moritz Lazarus, Moses Montefiore, Rabbi Abraham de Sola, and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise.

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Images of unidentified Jewish individuals wearing examples of typical dress from of Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen. Orthodox Jews of Jerusalem are also included.

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Miscellaneous images such as scenes of historical events, daily life, religious rituals pertaining to kashrut, Jewish cemeteries, and prayer.

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Includes images of Petticoat Lane, the Old Clothes Exchange, and Whitechapel Road in London, the ghetto in Vienna, the Jews' market in Warsaw, the Lower East Side in New York City, the Chicago ghetto, the Jewish market in St. Petersburg, Russia, and a street in Tiberias.