Harry Lenchner family papers and photographs, 1892-1980.

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Harry Lenchner family papers and photographs, 1892-1980.

The collection includes family history; marriage and naturalization certificates; World War II awards presented to Harry Lenchner from the United Service Organizations and the National Jewish Welfare Board; a newspaper clipping; and three photographs, one showing the Lenchner family camping in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park after the 1906 earthquake and fire and two of Harry and Sadie Lenchner in the 1920s. According to Harry Lenchner, when the family posed for the 1906 photograph they symbolically left an empty space for a young son (Herman) who had recently died.

1 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8125450

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National Jewish Welfare Board

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Origins of the National Jewish Welfare Board (1913-1919) Organized in 1917 to meet the needs of Jewish servicemen in the Armed Forces, the National Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) became a national federation of local agencies and social service institutions dedicated to meeting the social, cultural, intellectual, physical and spiritual needs of the American Jewish community. The roots of JWB can be traced to the founding of the Council of Young Men's Hebrew and Kindred Associations (YMHA-KA) ...

Bancroft Library. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.

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Lenchner family.

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United Service Organizations (U.S.)

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The United Service Organizations (USO) was incorporated in the state of New York on February 4, 1941, as a joint operation by the YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic Community Service, the National Jewish Welfare Board, the Traveler's Aid Association, and the Salvation Army, to provide religious, spiritual, social, welfare, educational, and entertainment services to men and women in the armed forces during World War II. The USO has continued to provide these services to the present. From t...

Online Archive of California

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Lenchner, Levy

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Lenchner, Sadie Zalkind

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Lenchner, Toba Asna Kler

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Lenchner, Harry

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In 1892, Levy Lenchner, a gilder (mirror maker), and Toba Asna Kler were married. They had both left Russian Poland and relocated to Montreal, Canada. By 1906, they and their children were in San Francisco. According to relatives, Levy Lenchner made distortion mirrors for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. In 1925, son Harry Lenchner married Sadie Zalkind. From the description of Harry Lenchner family papers and photographs, 1892-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 743435493 ...

Western Jewish History Center

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The Western Jewish History Center (WJHC), a research center based around a library and large archive, was founded in 1967. It is part of the Judah L. Magnes Museum, located in Berkeley, Calif. Its mission is to collect and preserve materials documenting the history of the Jewish community in the western United States. To that end, it has collected a large number of organizational records; personal papers and correspondence; audiotapes; and photographs, graphic art, and motion picture films. It h...

Judah L. Magnes Museum

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