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| | Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 61 | Title: | Anna M. Sotak Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Sotak, Anna M. | | | | Dates: | 1915-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Anna Sotak (ca. 1893-1976) was an officer of State Savings and Loan in Cleveland, Ohio. She was also active in local Slovak fraternal organizations. The collection consists of individual portraits and group portraits of Anna M. Sotak, her family and friends, and views of the State Savings and Loan Company office in South Euclid, Ohio. Also included are views of the Ladies Pennsylvania Slovak Catholic Union convention, 1960 and 1968, and views of various trips taken by Sotak. | | | | Call #: | PG 208 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Sotak, Anna M., ca. 1893-1976 -- Photograph collections. | Sotak family -- Photograph collections. | Ladies Pennsylvania Slovak Catholic Union -- Photograph collections. | State Savings and Loan (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Slovak Americans -- Societies, etc. -- Photographs. | Businesswomen -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Slovak Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 62 | Title: | Western Reserve Historical Society 100th Anniversary Photograph Album
| | | | Creator: | Western Reserve Historical Society | | | | Dates: | 1967 | | | | Abstract: | The Western Reserve Historical Society was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1867. Its mission is to inspire people to discover the American experience by exploring the tangible history of Northeast Ohio. The collection consists of photographs taken at the 100th anniversary celebration of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 102 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Western Reserve Historical Society -- Photograph collections.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 63 | Title: | Ella Grant Wilson Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Wilson, Ella Grant | | | | Dates: | 1880-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Ella Grant Wilson (1854-1939) was a Cleveland, Ohio florist, publicist, journalist and author. She was founder of the Floral Syndicate, a publicity service which promoted conventions and other activities of interest to the floral industry and was garden editor of the Plain Dealer. Her series in the Sunday Plain Dealer, focusing on historic Cleveland led to her book, "Famous old Euclid Avenue", featuring anecdotes, history and biographies relating to the homes and personalities of "Millionaires' Row." The collection consists of photographs of flowers, floral arrangements, and floral displays. Included are many views of early homes of Cleveland, Ohio, and Cleveland area florists and florist operations and facilities. | | | | Call #: | PG 151 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Wilson, Ella Grant, 1854-1939 -- photograph collections. | Florists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Floristry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Flower arrangement -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Floral decorations -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 65 | Title: | Joseph L. and Edith L. Weinberg Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Weinberg, Joseph L. and Edith L. | | | | Dates: | 1870-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph L. Weinberg (1890-1977) was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, architect and senior partner of Weinberg, Teare, Fischer, Herman. Weinberg became involved with urban renewal efforts with his design of Lakeview Terrace in Cleveland in 1934. Edith L. Weinberg (1902-1987) was a program director at the Young Men's and Women's Hebrew Association in Pittsburgh (1926-1933) and was a leader in many Jewish and community service organizations. Her mother, Stella S. Lazarus was secretary at the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Cleveland, Ohio (1923-1933). The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Joseph and Edith Weinberg, including family members and activities, and with others. Group portraits include a photograph of Joseph Weinberg with Eleanor Roosevelt at Lakeview Terrace. Views include events such as the ground breaking ceremony of Lakeview Terrace; meetings, dinners and luncheons; aerial views of the Lakeview Terrace housing project; Weinberg family residences; Council Gardens in Cleveland Heights; and other buildings. Perspective renderings of building plans, including Lakeview Terrace, Council Gardens, and a proposed apartment in Parma Heights, are included. | | | | Call #: | PG 340 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Weinberg, Joseph, 1890-1977 -- Photograph collections. | Weinberg, Edith Lazarus, 1902-1987 -- Photograph collections. | Lazarus, Stella Schwarz, 1873-1955 -- Photograph collections. | Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Photograph collections. | Weinberg family -- Photograph collections. | Lakeview Terrace (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Public housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 66 | Title: | Samuel Robinson Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Robinson, Samuel | | | | Dates: | 1915-1930 | | | | Abstract: | The Samuel Robinson Photographs, ca. 1915-1930, consist of portraits of weddings, funerals, families, and individuals taken by Samuel Robinson (1881-1935), a commercial photographer of Cleveland, Ohio. Included are portraits of the Ukrainian Band and views of Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church. Social customs of Cleveland's Eastern European community are well represented in this collection. | | | | Call #: | PG 265 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Robinson, Samuel -- Photograph collections. | Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Ukrainian Band (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Ukrainians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Ethnic groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Weddings -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 67 | Title: | Severance Family Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Severance Family | | | | Dates: | 1850-2011 | | | | Abstract: | The Severance family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family known for its philanthropic activities. Solon Severance, a Cleveland banker, was the son of Solomon Severance and Mary Helen Long, and a brother of Louis Severance. He was also a descendent of John Walworth, an early settler of Cleveland who was a civil engineer and was appointed in 1806 as the Custom Collector for the District of Erie. Solon's wife, Emily Allen, was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Allen, and the sister of prominent surgeon Dudley P. Allen. Solon and Emily's daughter, Julia Severance Millikin, was the wife of Benjamin Millikin, a noted Cleveland opthalmologist. Julia's children included Helen Millikin Nash and Severance, Marianne, Dudley, and Louise Millikin. The collection consists of 12 daguerreotypes, 4 ambrotypes, 70 cartes-de-vistes, 1 lantern slide, 3 silhouettes, 1 portrait drawing, 14 color prints and 326 black and white prints. They include Severance and related family portraits and views of various family homes and estates. | | | | Call #: | PG 585 | | | | Extent: | 2.60 linear feet (3 containers and 3 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Allen family -- Photograph collections | Architecture, Domestic -- California -- Pasadena -- Photographs | Architecture, Domestic -- California -- San Marino -- Photographs | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Architecture, Domestic -- Ohio -- Cleveland Heights -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy -- Photographs | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century -- Photographs | Long family -- Photograph collections | Millikin family -- Photograph collections | Severance family -- Photograph collections | Walworth family -- Photograph collections
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 69 | Title: | Frank Joseph Bardoun Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Bardoun, Frank Joseph | | | | Dates: | 1925-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Josehp Bardoun (1905-1988) was a prominent member of Cleveland, Ohio's Czech community who was a leader in many local and national Czech organizations, including the Czechoslovak Society of America and the Workers Gymnastic Union (DTJ). The collection consists of group portraits and views of LaSalle Club activities, primarily at Taborville, Ohio, and of the Worker's Gymnastic Union. Included are Taborville scenes, Vojan Singing Society photographs, athletic clubs, and photographs of the interior of Park Drop Forge in Cleveland, Ohio. | | | | Call #: | PG 137 | | | | Extent: | 3.40 linear feet (4 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bardoun, Frank Joseph, 1905- -- Photograph collections. | LaSalle Club (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Workers Gymnastic Union (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Czech Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Czech American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 70 | Title: | Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks | | | | Dates: | 1921-2010 | | | | Abstract: | Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1904. Orphaned at age four, she was raised by the Davis family. She attended Dallas Colored High School and Fisk University before applying to the School of Applied Social Sciences at Western Reserve University. Johnson graduated in 1928 with a master's degree in social work. As a social worker, Johnson was first employed by Associated Charities of Cleveland. Later, she worked for the Cuyahoga County Department of Welfare in conjunction with the federal program Aid to Dependent Children. She retired in 1961. Johnson married Elmer Cheeks in 1929. They had two sons. Cheeks died in 1941, and Johnson married Raymond Johnson in 1957. He died in 1983. Mrs. Johnson was an active member of Mt. Zion Congregational Church, an avid reader and traveler, and a supporter of a variety of charities. At age 105, she attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. Soon after, with the assistance of a freelance writer, she wrote her autobiography. It was published shortly after her death in 2010. The collection consists of 4 black and white photographs, 251 color photographs, 5 DVDs, and 5 VHS tapes. | | | | Call #: | PG 553 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010 -- Photograph collections. | Cheek family -- Photographs. | Johnson family. -- Photographs. | Dallas Colored High School (Dallas, Tex.) -- Photographs. | African American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Social workers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Birthday parties -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 71 | Title: | Sigmund and Libbie L. Braverman Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Braverman, Sigmund and Libbie L. | | | | Dates: | 1904-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Sigmund Braverman was a Cleveland, Ohio, architect who designed many synagogues and other buildings throughout Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, and Canada. Born in Austria-Hungary, he came to the United States at age 10 and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1917. After service in World War I, he came to Cleveland in 1920 and opened an architectural practice. From 1932-1935, he served as assistant, and later acting, Cleveland city architect. In 1948, he formed a partnership with Moses P. Halperin, known as Braverman and Halperin, Architects. Synagogues in Cleveland designed by Braverman included the Young Israel Synagogue, Warrensville Center Synagogue, Temple Emanu El, Temple on the Heights, and Fairmount Temple. His work in Cleveland also included the Orthodox Home for the Aged, Cleveland Hebrew Schools, the Bureau of Jewish Education, and apartment buildings, theaters, shopping centers, schools, and restaurants. He was a member of many professional architectural organizations, and published articles on the subject of synagogue architecture. Libbie L. Braverman was a nationally prominent teacher, author, lecturer, and consultant in the field of Jewish education. They were married in 1924. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of family members. The bulk of the collection consists of architectural views of various stages in the construction of synagogues and other buildings designed by Braverman and Halperin, ca. 1950s. Ohio synagogues pictured include Beth El Synagogue, Akron; Temple Israel, Canton; Anshe Chesed Congregation, Cleveland; B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, Cleveland; Park Synagogue, Cleveland; and Temple B'nai Abraham, Elyria. In particular, the collection contains numerous photographs of the construction, both interior and exterior, of Anshe Chesed Congregation (Fairmount Temple). Other Cleveland buildings pictured include the Brantley Apartments, the Bureau of Jewish Education, the Jewish Community Center, Lee Fabrics, the Orthodox Home for the Aged, the Rothkopf home, and other unidentified Cleveland locations. | | | | Call #: | PG 508 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Braverman, Sigmund, 1894-1960 -- Photograph collections. | Braverman, Libbie L. (Libbie Levin), 1900- -- Photograph collections. | Braverman family -- Photograph collections. | Anshe Chesed Congregation (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Braverman and Halperin, Architects (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- United States -- Photographs. | Synagogue architecture -- United States -- Photographs. | Synagogue architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 72 | Title: | Ethel Standiford Photograph Collection
| | | | Creator: | Standiford, Ethel | | | | Dates: | 1920-1940 | | | | Abstract: | Ethel Standiford opened the Standiford Photographic Studio in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1919. Between 1919 and 1936, when the studio closed, she photographed many of Cleveland's elite. She was also elected president of the Cleveland Photographers Association. The collection consists of mounted portraits representing the studio work of Ethel Standiford, a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, photographer of the 1920s-1930s. Portraits of prominent business, political, religious, cultural, and society leaders of Cleveland are included in the collection. | | | | Call #: | PG 047 | | | | Extent: | 3.33 linear feet (11 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Standiford, Ethel -- Photograph collections. | Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Portrait photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Upper class -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 74 | Title: | James A. Garfield Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Garfield, James A. Family | | | | Dates: | 1840-1990 | | | | Abstract: | James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) was the twentieth president of the United States. He grew up in Orange, Ohio, graduated from Williams College in 1856, became president of Hiram College in Portage County, Ohio, and was a lay minister of the Disciples of Christ Church. He was elected to the Ohio Senate, and in 1858, married Lucretia Rudolph. Garfield served in the Civil War, as a lieutenant-colonel of the 42nd Ohio regiment. He was a major general when he resigned in 1863 to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives, where he served for 17 years. Nominated in 1880 as a compromise Republican presidential candidate, his campaign was conducted from Lawnfield, his Mentor, Ohio, home. Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, and died September 19. He was survived by his widow, Lucretia Garfield, and by his children; Mary, who married his former secretary, Joseph Stanley-Brown, Irvin McDowell, Harry Augustus, who became president of Williams College, James Rudolph, a Cleveland attorney, Republican politician and member of Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet, and Abram, a Cleveland architect. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of James A. Garfield; his wife, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield; his children and grandchildren; other Garfield and Rudolph family members; and portraits of nineteenth century statesmen that hung at Lawnfield and include Otto von Bismarck, Leon Michel Gambetta, William T. Sherman, and Edwin Stanton. Other portraits include James Smithson, Louis Agassiz, Benjamin Peirce, Edward Everett Hale and Carlisle P. Patterson. Views include Lawnfield, in particular a gathering of an unidentified group of African American Civil War veterans at Lawnfield; a lock on the Ohio and Erie Canal; voter turnout at the Mentor, Ohio Township Hall; the Civil War battle of Chickamauga; the James A. Garfield Monument in Lake View Cemetery; the James A. Garfield Memorial Window in The Williams College Chapel; and the James A. Garfield Memorial Statue in Washington, D. C. Also included are images of Lucretia Rudolph Garfield's inaugural ball gown displayed at the Smithsonian and the gown she wore at a White House reception. A presentation album from the Melbourne International Exhibition is also part of the collection. | | | | Call #: | PG 497 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 -- Photograph collections. | Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918 -- Photograph collections. | Garfield, Harry Augustus, 1863-1942 -- Photograph collections. | Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950 -- Photograph collections. | Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941 -- Photograph collections. | Garfield family -- Photograph collections. | Rudolph family -- Photograph collections. | Elections -- Ohio -- Mentor -- Photographs. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Photographs. | Garfield Memorial (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs. | James A. Garfield National Historic Site (Mentor, Ohio) -- Photographs. | Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio) -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 75 | Title: | Mt. Zion Congregational Church Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Mt. Zion Congregational Church | | | | Dates: | 1947-2004 | | | | Abstract: | Mt. Zion Congregational Church was founded on September 11, 1864, when nineteen men and women formally gathered in Plymouth Church on Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. The predominantly African American congregation has moved many times throughout its history, including locations downtown, in the Central and Fairfax neighborhoods, and its current location (2014) in University Circle. Mt. Zion's congregation played a significant role in the settlement of freed slaves in Cleveland after the Civil War, the founding of the Cleveland Chapter of the National Association of Colored People (NAACP), and the founding of Eliza Bryant Village. The collection consists of approximately 300 black and white and color photographs depicting church activities. | | | | Call #: | PG 598 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Religion | African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs | Congregational churches -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections | Mt. Zion Congregational Church (Cleveland, Ohio) | University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photographs | African American History / Religion
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 76 | Title: | Edwin Arthur Kraft Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Kraft, Edwin Arthur | | | | Dates: | 1910-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Edwing Arthur Kraft (1883-1962) was the organist of Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio (1907-1959) and Director of Music at Lake Erie College (1933-1951). His second wife, Marie Simmelink, was a vocal soloist at the First Baptist Church in Cleveland (1920-1934) and at The Temple (1934-), and head of the Vocal Department of the Cleveland Institute of Music (1949-1963). The collection consists of photographs relating to the family, life, and career of Edwin Kraft, musician and organist of Cleveland, Ohio. Photographs include portraits of Kraft, his wife, Marie Simmelink Kraft, his parents, the interior and choir of Trinity Cathedral, the Kraft home, and group portraits of the Trinity Cathedral Choir. | | | | Call #: | PG 121 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Kraft, Edwin Arthur, 1883-1962 -- Photograph collections. | Kraft, Marie Simmelink, d. 1967 -- Photograph collections. | Kraft family -- Photograph collections. | Trinity Cathedral (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Musicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Organists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women singers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Music teachers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Cabinet photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 79 | Title: | Clifford W. Henderson Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Henderson, Clifford W. | | | | Dates: | 1929-1939 | | | | Abstract: | Clifford W. Henderson (1895-1984) was the director of the National Air Races, 1928-1939, as well as other air races and expositions. Henderson managed and promoted sporting and cultural events, expositions, and conventions in the Los Angeles area after resigning from the National Air Races. He served with honor in North Africa during World War II, and founded the community of Palm Desert, California. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of Clifford W. Henderson and his associates, including studio portraits and candid site photographs, often autographed; views of the National Air Races, including air race events and individual planes; and panoramic and oversize photographs. Individuals pictured include Pancho Barnes, Vincent Bendix, Jacqueline Cochran, Frederick C. Crawford, James Doolittle, Amelia Earhart, Harvey Firestone, Jr., Charles A. Lindbergh, Mary Pickford, Eddie Rickenbacker, Will Rogers, Alexander de Seversky, Roscoe Turner, Rudy Vallee, and Chuck Yeager. | | | | Call #: | PG 385 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers and 3 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aeronautics -- Competitions -- United States -- Photographs. | Air pilots -- United States -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Aircraft industry -- United States -- Photographs. | Airplane racing -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Airplane racing -- United States -- Photographs. | Henderson, Clifford W. (Clifford William), 1895-1984 -- Photograph collections. | National Air Races (U.S.) -- Photograph collections. | Women air pilots -- United States -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Requires cookie* | | 80 | Title: | Warrensville Center Synagogue Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Warrensville Center Synagogue | | | | Dates: | 1952-1988 | | | | Abstract: | The Warrensville Center Synagogue, an Orthodox Jewish congregation in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was established in 1959 as a result of a merger between three smaller synagogues, the Tetiever Ahavath Achim Anshe Sfard Congregation, the Kinsman Jewish Center, and Congregation Nvai Zedek. In 1970, Sherith Jacob Israel, the Eddy Road Jewish Center-Memorial Synagogue joined Warrensville Center. This congregation was itself a merger of Sherith Jacob and Sherith Israel of Mount Pleasant congregations. In 1972, Shaker-Lee Congregation was absorbed by the Warrensville Center Synagogue. Shaker-Lee Congregation was the result of a previous merger of Ohel Jacob, Ohel Yavne, and Tifereth Israel (not to be confused with The Temple-Tifereth Israel, a Reform congregation). The collection consists of individual and group portraits and views. Of note is a portrait of Rabbi Jacob Muskin and interior and exterior views of the congregation. | | | | Call #: | PG 514 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Muskin, Jacob, 1918-1990 -- Photograph collections. | Warrensville Center Synagogue (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) -- Photograph collections. | Orthodox Judaism -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Synagogues -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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