Miscellaneous photographs and graphics, 1870-[ca.1981]

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Miscellaneous photographs and graphics, 1870-[ca.1981]

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Photographs and graphics dealing with the Borough Park area of Brooklyn. Includes engraving from FRANK LESLIE ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER of tilting contest in Prospect Park, 1870; graduating class of Hebrew Institute of Borough Park, 1927; Yosele Rosenblatt, famed cantor, signing contract with local synagogue, ca. 1930; and portraits of Rabbi Nachum Twersky as a boy and in army uniform; and others.

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Boro Park Historical Society.

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Collecting area: Material relating to the Boro Park section of Brooklyn. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155456931 ...

Rosenblatt, Josef, 1882-1933

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Yossele Rosenblatt was born on May 9, 1882, in Bila Tserkva, Russian Empire. The scion of a long line of cantors, Rosenblatt's devoutly religious upbringing prevented him from receiving formal musical training at any of the great academies of his day. He began his career as a member of the local synagogue choir. At the age of 7, he moved with his family to Sadigora, Bukovina (Austria). When he was 17 years old, Rosenblatt went to Vienna for several months, during which he officiated in the large...

Hebrew Institute of Borough Park.

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Twersky, Nachum.

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