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RG 4: Autobiographies of Jewish Youth in Poland. Collection.

Autobiographies submitted to YIVO in Vilna as entries to three contests (1932, 1934, 1939) sponsored by the institute's Youth Research Division (Yugntforshung)

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COLLECTION Autobiographies of Jewish Youth in Poland (004)

RG 28P: Poland (Vilna Archives) Collection. Posters.

Posters advertising political organizations, elections, banks, trade unions, cultural activities, religious matters, and sports, from over 200 Jewish communities

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Grodno. Announcement of a mock trial: "Modern Family Life on Trial." (RG 28/P/403)
Grodno. Announcement of a mock trial: "Suicide on Trial." (RG 28/P/405)
Lublin. Last masquerade ball of the season on Purim. (RG 28/P/949)
Sanok. A talk by Dr. M. Kanfer on: "Marriage on the Witness Stand", 3/15/1931. (RG 28/P/479)

RG 101: Art and Artifacts. Collection.

Original art works, reproductions, and historical artifacts, including costume and stage designs; political cartoons; and Jewish ceremonial art

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Portrait of Maurycy Trebacz's daughter, by the artist. 1913. (rg101_marek.painting)

RG 120: Territorial Photographic Collection. Poland.

Thousands of photographs of Jewish life in Poland before WWII

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Bedzin, 1935. Mordkhe Markowitz, an 82 year old man in his prayer shawl and phylacteries. (yarg120po_forward43833d001)
Bialystok, April 16, 1919. A man poses in uniform with his bicycle, in front of a painted backdrop. (yarg120bialystokboxd005)
Bialystok, 1915. Portrait study in profile of four sisters; Masza on the left, Berta, Fania, and Sonia Lewin. (yarg120po161.02)
Bialystok, 1918 . Two well-dressed young men, posing in the woods. (yarg120bialystokboxd001)
Bialystok, ca. 1900. Mashe Zilberlat-Arodisht; a young woman in a dress, holding a book. (yarg120po136)
Bialystok, Nov. 20, 1932. Housewives carry pots of cholent, to the baker's oven on a Friday afternoon. (yarg120po115)
Bialystok. A boy poses in uniform, with his hand in his jacket. (yarg120bialystokboxd002)
Bialystok. A boy poses with his hand in his jacket. (yarg120bialystokboxd003)
Bialystok. A group of young men and a woman, in a discussion. (yarg120bialystokboxd004)
Bransk, 1903. Portrait of four members of the Zagelbaum family, in formal clothing. (yarg120po290)
Bransk, 1920. Portrait of four children of the Zagelbaum family. (yarg120po292)
Brzesc Litewski, 1924. Water carriers, filling up their barrels from the river. (yarg120po_forward27286)
Brzesc Litewski. Portrait of a couple, standing on either side of a small covered table. (yarg120po336.01)
Brzeziny, 1910. Portrait of a group of young men, successful businessmen in the dress industry. (yarg120po382)
Chelm, 1920s. Portrait of Sara Berlan, and Rosa Karpenkop. (yarg120po427.08)
Chelm, 1927. Studio portrait of the Zimmerman family. (yarg120po423.07)
Chelm, ca. 1900. Portrait of Avrom, Srulka, and Khalev Braun. (yarg120po423.01)
Ciechanowiec, 1920s-30s. At the resort, merchants from the Nalewki commercial district of Warszawa, relax around a table outdoors. (yarg120po462)
Czestochowa, 1920s-1930s. Festive gathering of Jewish soldiers in the Polish army, and Jewish community leaders. (yarg120po605)
Deblin, August 1920. A delegation of Jews greeting Pilsudski with bread and salt, after the Polish Army captured the town from the Bolsheviks. (yarg120po685)
Drohiczyn, 1917. Musicians lead a wedding procession to the synagogue, from Khaykl Milner's house. (yarg120po738)
Druskieniki, 1926. A group of vacationers at the resort, pose on a porch with a large fish. (yarg120po754.02)
Drzewica, April 28, 1931. After a flood, two men pose on the lower roof of a house, partially submerged in water on Potocka Street. (yarg120po794)
Gdansk, 1937. Students from the Zygmund August High School in Vilna, pose on a boat at the mouth of the Vistula River. (yarg120po870.02)
Grodno, 1920s-1930s. Portrait of Francesca Moyerman, a teacher. (yarg120po1030)
Grodno, 1924. A group of young women, who are on strike against the Szereszewski Tobacco Factory. (yarg120po_forward27082)
Grodno, 1929. Portrait of a young woman. (yarg120po1040)
Grodno, April 1922. A portrait of a young woman named Eva. (yarg120po1028)
Inowlodz , July 27, 1904. A group of people, posing together under a tree in the woods. (yarg120po6481)
Kalisz, 1920s-30s. Tauba Siemiatycka, a student at the Warsaw University, poses on a couch. (yarg120po1341.05)
Karczew, 1935. People walk along a quiet residential street, lined with wooden homes. (yarg120po1350)
Karwia, 1928. Men, including I. J. Singer, play chess, while a crowd looks on, at the Kultur-Lige Summer Colony. (yarg120po1363.01)
Kazimierz Dolny, 1920s-30s. Young men and women from Warszawa on an outing, pose in bathing suits. (yarg120po1414)
Kazimierz Dolny, 1925. Customers look over shoes, at an outdoor shoe stall in the marketplace. (yarg120po1393)
Kazimierz Dolny, 1927. Hershele the water-carrier, walks from the well with two full buckets of water. (yarg120po_forward43036)
Kazimierz Dolny, 1936. Members of Tsukunft pose, wearing bathing suits, in a lake at their summer camp. (yarg120po1414.10)
Kazimierz Dolny, July 1936. Members of the Tsukunft summer camp, pose out in the woods. (yarg120po1414.09)
Kazmierz Dolny, 1930s. Horse-drawn wagons, in the market place. (yarg120po1393.03)
Kolbuszowa, 1929. A group of young women, standing together on a wooden porch, and laughing. (yarg120po1505.13)
Kolbuszowa, 1929. Three women, standing together on a wooden porch. (yarg120po1505.14)
Kosow, 1909.Yitschok and Yente Ribok, and their daughter and son. (yarg120po_forward43653)
Kraków, 1920. Portrait of three children of the Stern family. (yarg120po563.41)
Krakow, 1938. Portrait of Maryna Jakobiak, with her husband on their wedding day. (yarg120po563.35)
Krakow. Portrait of I. Krieg, a soldier in the Polish army, and his bride, on their wedding day. (yarg120po563.28)
Lachwa, 1937. Wedding portrait, in front of a wooden house. A non-Jewish couple, flanked by their wedding party, with a Jewish fiddler, and other musicians. (yarg120po1682)
Lask, ca. 1939. A street scene: a Jewish man in traditional dress, and a young girl on the sidewalk, outside a barber shop. (yarg120po1689)
Lodz, 1890s. Studio portrait of four generations of a family, posing with a framed portrait of a man on a bicycle. (yarg120po1833)
Lomza, 1927. An old Jewish carpenter, works a piece of wood with his hand tools. (yarg120po_forward43037)
Lowicz, 1910s. Six men, pose around a table with newspapers and cigarettes. (yarg120po1958.01)
Lublin, 1919. A group of men, all born in 1898, pose with a framed portrait of Ber Borochov, before going into the Polish army at the age of 21. (yarg120po2041.01)
Lublin, 1937. The local water carrier. (yarg120po2003.01)
Lukow, 1926. The town marketplace. (yarg120po_f208742733)
Lukow, ca. 1920s. A Jewish soldier in the Polish army, poses with family members. (yarg120po2091)
Lwów, 1930s. Two beggars, at the cemetery wall. (yarg120po2149.01)
Miedzyrzec, ca. 1930s. Portrait of young Tsukunft activists. (yarg120po3098)
Opatow, 1920s. Portrait of Yosl Wajcblum, "der blinder," and his children. (yarg120po2721.12)
Opatow. Portrait of a member of the Kirshenblatt family. (yarg120po2721.11)
Orla, ca. 1920s. Rokhele Buszmyc (Buschmitz), holding a doll. (yarg120po2745.34)
Ostrow. Portrait of a boy with a bowtie. (yarg120po2778.01)
Otwock. A milkman and a fruit peddler, near a fence. (yarg120po3502)
Parczew, 1920s-1930s. Members of a Jewish fire brigade, posing with their fire-wagon. (yarg120po2885)
Pinsk, 1870. Lippe Lurie, on the right, with his brother. (yarg120po2922.01)
Pinsk, ca. 1900. Outdoor portrait of four students seated around a table, which was set with teacups and a samovar. (yarg120po2952.01)
Pruzany, ca. 1910. Portrait of an elderly couple. (yarg120po3141.01)
Rabka, 1930. The Stern family, posing outdoors. (yarg120po3244.01)
Radun, 1932. Rabbi Yisrael Meir ha-Kohen (Kagan), known as the Chafets Chayim after the title of his first book, in his later years (d. 1933). (yarg120po794.04)
Równe, September 30, 1921. Portrait of a young man in uniform. (yarg120po3322)
Siedlce, 1900-1915. A family portrait. (yarg120po3438)
Siedlce, ca. 1906. Portrait study of a woman. (yarg120po3440)
Siedlce, December 20, 1906. A portrait of two well-dressed women. (yarg120po3439)
Siedlce. A portrait of two well-dressed men. (yarg120po3435.01)
Skierniewice, 1921. A portrait of six sisters. (yarg120po3489)
Skolimow, 1937. Prof Dr. Gustaw Bychowski with his wife Maryla, and their friend's child, outdoors. (yarg120po3514.07)
Swislocz, 1911. Portrait of Yudl Aidelman, posing on a bicycle. (yarg120po3796)
Swislocz, 1920s. Osher Berl Lazarowicz, posing with a walking stick, on the sidewalk in front of a shop. (yarg120po3804)
Swislocz, 1920s. Osher Berl Lazarowicz, posing with his family, and his visiting grandchild from Canada. (yarg120po3802)
Unknown location, 1902. All the Jewish soldiers of the 48th Ukrainian Dragoon Regiment of the Czarist Army. (yarg120po_forwardmay1902)
Unknown location, 1920s. A shoemaker at work. (yarg120po6551.01)
Unknown location, 1924. On the Sabbath, three men in overcoats are seated outside on a stoop, two of them reciting the Psalms. (yarg120po_forward27150)
Unknown location, 1930. Informational chart, about the distribution of OSE hygienical educational material, 1923-1927. (yarg120poalbum8_7648.23)
Unknown location, ca. 1880s. Group portrait. Tintype. (yargrg120uncatalogued001)
Unknown location. ca. 1900. Studio portrait of a family. (yarg120po6826)
Unknown location. Ca. WWI. Men and women, carting food to town. (yarg120po6652)
Unknown location. Card from a series of photographs, depicting "Jewish Livelehoods," showing a secondhand clothes dealer and his customer, a housewife. (yarg120po7145)
Unknown location. Card from a series of photographs, depicting "Jewish Livelihoods," showing a woman who deals in used goods. (yarg120po7150)
Vilna, 1930s. A peddler woman, conversing with two young boys in the durkhhoyf (through-yard), between Jatkowa and Zydowska streets. (yarg120po5053)
Vilna, 1931. Dr. Zemach Shabad, reading to his grandsons Uriel and Gabriel Weinreich. (yarg120po5993.07)
Vilna, ca. 1930s. Peddlers with produce, in the durkhhoyf (through-yard), located between Jatkowa and Zydowska Streets. (yarg120po5052)
Warszawa, 1907. Portrait of Lejba Hirszowicz, his son Jozef, and grandson Ernest; three generations. (yarg120po4752)
Warszawa, 1920s. A povery-stricken widow in bed, ill with tuberculosis, with two of her four children. (yarg120po4058)
Warszawa, 1925. A shtot-meshugener, who spends his time at the railroad station. Also, an elderly Jew. (yarg120po_f4780.1242587)
Warszawa, 1928. Three shoemakers, in the open-air marketplace. (yarg120po_forward43483)
Warszawa, 1929. Pola Goldstein-Jackubowicz, right, the aunt of Lucjan Borowik, son-in-law of industrialist Abraham Gepner, posing in an open window. (yarg120po4750.12)
Warszawa, 1929. Zofja Oldak, winner of the Nasz Przeglad Miss Judea Beauty Contest. (yarg120po4745.14)
Warszawa, 1930s. Malke Hamerow poses for a portrait with Chaim Sznejer, a member of the Vilna Troupe, and others. (yarg120po4759.52b)
Warszawa, 1930s. The staff of Der Moment. (yarg120po6789.01)
Warszawa, early 1900s. The horse-drawn wagon of the Kompanyeyts Troupe, covered with theater posters. (yarg120po_forward41644)
Wyszkow, 1920s-1930s. On the eve of Passover, a woman pours water into a bucket, near furniture piled outside a home, which is being cleaned for the holiday. (yarg120po6157)
Zychlin, 1904 or 1906. Group portrait of seven well-dressed young men. (yarg120po6431c001)
Zyrardow, 1920s-1930s. A family portrait. (yarg120po6460)
Zyrardow, 1930s. Portrait of a woman, wearing a strand of pearls. (yarg120po6459)
Zyrardow, 1930s. Portrait of three adolescent boys. (yarg120po6461)
Zyrardow, 1930s. Studio portrait of a couple. (yarg120po6458)
Zyrardow, ca. 1910. Portrait of Zalmen Holtz, with a group of friends. (yarg120po3497.11)
Zyrardow, WWI. An elderly Jewish man in traditional dress, with German soldiers. (yarg120po6689.03)

RG 128: Rabbinical and Historical Manuscripts. Collection.

Correspondence of rabbinical (including Hasidic) and scholarly figures; rabbinical responsa; commentaries on the Torah and Talmud; prayers; kabbalistic and ethical works; and other writings of rabbis and scholars in Poland and around the world

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COLLECTION Rabbinical and Historical Manuscripts (128)

RG 1160: Reiss, Lionel S. (1894-1987). Papers.

Drawings, sketches, charcoals, and watercolors depicting scenes of Jewish life in Eastern Europe

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Carpenter Waiting for Job-Wilno, undated (ya-rg1160-006)
Chelm Courtyard, undated (ya-rg1160-092)
Curb Gossips, 1921 (ya-rg1160-012)
Curb Merchandise-Radom, 1921 (ya-rg1160-027)
Glasser Gass-Wilno-#1, undated (ya-rg1160-086)
Glasser Gass-Wilno-#2, undated (ya-rg1160-087)
Glasser Gass-Wilno-#3, undated (ya-rg1160-088)
Glasser Gass-Wilno-#4, undated (ya-rg1160-089)
Hasidic Boy, undated (ya-rg1160-053)
Jew from Chelm, 1922 (ya-rg1160-048)
Jew from Lublin, 1922 (ya-rg1160-052)
Jew from Warsaw, 1922 (ya-rg1160-049)
Jewish Girl-Cracow, 1921 (ya-rg1160-050)
Jewish Woman-Tarnapol, 1932 (ya-rg1160-077)
Knife Grinder, undated (ya-rg1160-007)
Lublin Courtyard, undated (ya-rg1160-091)
Lublin Ghetto Arch #1, undated (ya-rg1160-084)
Lublin Glasier, 1921 (ya-rg1160-040)
Market Transaction, 1921 (ya-rg1160-030)
Market Types, 1921 (ya-rg1160-034)
Mourners, 1921 (ya-rg1160-028)
Music-Warsaw, 1921 (ya-rg1160-101)
Old Shoes-Wilno, 1921 (ya-rg1160-002)
Patches, undated (ya-rg1160-010)
Peasant and Jew-Poland, 1921 (ya-rg1160-039)
Polish Jew-Lodz, 1922 (ya-rg1160-057)
Prayer Shawls and Books, 1921 (ya-rg1160-004)
Reb Motelle, 1921 (ya-rg1160-022)
Resting Jew, 1921 (ya-rg1160-003)
Shop in Lemberg, 1921 (ya-rg1160-013)
Stetle [shtetl] Water Carrier, 1921 (ya-rg1160-038)
Street Fiddler, 1922 (ya-rg1160-061)
Study-Mother and Child-Lodz, 1921 (ya-rg1160-025)
Two Studies of a Bialystoker Jew, 1921 (ya-rg1160-033)
Vegetables, undated (ya-rg1160-009)
Village Bal Agalah [Wagon Driver], 1921 (ya-rg1160-020)
Wilno Courtyard, 1921 (ya-rg1160-036)
Wilno Synagogue, undated (ya-rg1160-090)
Wood Turner, undated (ya-rg1160-082)
Yadkowa [Jatkowa], Wilno, 1921 (ya-rg1160-015)

RG 1270: Kacyzne, Alter (1885-1941). Papers.

Photographs of Jewish life in Poland in the 1920s-1930s

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Kopyczyńce. Busy street scene outside a Jewish-owned inn. (yarg1270_344ia1)

RG 1343: Kipnis, Menachem

125 photographs of Jewish life in Poland during the 1930s taken in some 30 communities. Subjects include: occupations such as coach drivers, street peddlers and street musicians, and scenes of life in the streets of Poland's cities and towns.

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Ciechocinek. A Jewish Markeplace for white crockery in a spa. (yarg1343kipnis135)
Kazmierz Dolny. Jewish vegetable and fruit sellers with their baskets in the market. (yarg1343kipnis113)
Ciechanow. A view down the unpaved main street, where it runs through a residential neighborhood. (yarg1343kipnis42)
Lukow, 1920s. The Town bath house. (yarg1343kipnis108)
Otwock, 1926. An itinerant cobbler. (yarg1343kipnis33)
Otwock, pre-1926. Jewish man plays with two goats in front of picket fence. (yarg1343kipnis109)
Otwock. A man holds his goat around the neck with his right hand. (yarg1343kipnis90)

RG 1853: Evgenii Lendon Collection of Photographs of Lvov.

Photographs of the city of Lwow

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Street in the old Jewish neighborhood (301351_ya-rg1853-box1-017)