Oral history interview with Max Kaminoff, July 12, 2002.

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Oral history interview with Max Kaminoff, July 12, 2002.

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Kaminoff discusses his youth on Yesler Way in Seattle's Central District. He explains that 17th Avenue and Yesler Way was the hub of the Jewish community during the 1910s through the mid-1940s. Naming the establishments along Yesler between 17th and 26th Avenue, Kaminoff mentions various stores, bakeries, meat markets, homes of prominent citizens, the Yesler library, his father's grocery store on 26th, and the card room between 19th and 20th. He particularly notes the Bikur Cholim synagogue and the Talmud Torah which were located between 17th and 18th avenues. Kaminoff reminisces about social life in the neighborhood. He also explains that after World War II, the neighborhood began to disperse.

Sound recordings: 1 sound cassette (ca. 40 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript: 8 leaves.

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Jewish Archives (University of Washington)

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Kaminoff, Max, 1914-

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Attorney of Seattle, Washington. Born in New York in 1914. From the description of Oral history interview with Max Kaminoff, July 12, 2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 50772286 ...

Congregation Bikur Cholim (Seattle, Wash.)

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Stiefel, Ernest,

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Accountant and Jewish community leader, Seattle, Washington. Born in Germany; came to the United States in 1940. From the description of Oral history interview with Ernest Stiefel, Jan. 31, 1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 50626909 ...