Samuel E. Goldfarb photograph collection [graphic], 1912-1969 (bulk 1955-1965).

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Samuel E. Goldfarb photograph collection [graphic], 1912-1969 (bulk 1955-1965).

The Samuel E. Goldfarb photograph collection documents the life of Samuel E. Goldfarb from 1912-1969 and includes two series of images taken at a testimonial banquet at Temple de Hirsch in Seattle commemorating Mr. Goldfarb's twenty-five years there as Music Director, as well as images from 1965 celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Sisterhood Choral Group at the temple.

.21 cubic feet (1 box)41 photographic prints ; various sizes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7630827

University of Washington. Libraries

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Temple de Hirsch (Seattle, Wash.)

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Samuel E. Goldfarb

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Samuel E. Goldfarb was born in 1891 on the Lower East Side of New York City to a musical family. He studied music at Columbia University, supporting himself by playing piano in a nickelodeon and for a Yiddish vaudeville theater. Goldfarb was a prolific composer of songs and other music. With his brother, Israel Goldfarb, he composed hundreds of songs, and in 1925 the brothers compiled the first American collection of Jewish songs, the Jewish Songster. Samuel Goldfarb's most famous song, "The Dre...

Temple de Hirsch (Seattle, Wash.). Sisterhood

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