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Territorial Photographic Collection. Poland.

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Territorial Photographic Collection. Poland.

Thousands of photographs of Jewish life in Poland before WWII

Mir, 1926. Montage of photographs of the faculty and students of the Mirrer Yeshivah.

Mlawa, 1930s. A woman standing behind the tombstone of Sarah Yerl, who died in 1911.

Mlawa, ca. 1914-17. Picture postcard of the town during World War I. Russian prisoners of war, are led away by German soldiers.

Mlawa,1919. Portrait of members of the Hechalutz Hatzair.

Motol, 1939. A woman stands next to a tombstone, erected 18 years after the death of Avraham Leib Halevi.

Motol, 1939. A woman stands next to the tombstone of Toybe Dine (d. 1921), wife of the shochet and cantor of the city of Gubsayv.

Niemiezh, 1930s. Dr. Max Weinreich at work at his typewriter, with his sons Uriel and Gabriel, at Dr. Zemach Shabad's summer home.

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Niemiezh, 1931. Dr. Max Weinreich watching his sons, Uriel and Gabriel, get water from an outdoor pump, at Dr. Zemach Shabad's summer home.

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Niemiezh, c. 1930. Uriel Weinreich, son of Max, as a young boy, painting at a table outdoors, at the summer home of Dr Zemach Shabad.

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Nieswicz, 1904. A panoramic view of the town, from across the river.

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Nieswicz, August 1, 1926. Children pose in a playground, sponsored by TOZ.

Novominsk, ca. 1928. A man poses at the tombstone of Yisroel Yude Rosenberg (d. 1917), son of Boruch Isser.

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Novominsk, 1936. People examining a house, that was burned down during the pogrom.

Nowy Sacz, 1916. Outdoor portrait of a group of young Zionists, posing with a framed portrait of Ber Borochov.

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Opatow, 1920s. Portrait of Yosl Wajcblum, "der blinder," and his children.

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Opatow. Portrait of a member of the Kirshenblatt family.

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Orla, 1930s. Men at study in the beit-midrash.

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Orla, 1930s. Officials of the Gemilat Chesed Free Loan Society, leaving a meeting at the People's Bank.

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Orla, ca. 1920s. Rokhele Buszmyc (Buschmitz), holding a doll.

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Ostróg, 1906. Portrait of Moyshe Tolpin, a teacher in a governmental school, and his family.

Ostrog, 1921-22. Hashomer Hatzair activists: Ezra Tolpin, Yosef and Yashe Bukimer, Grynes, Yosef Weksler, Shmarye Biber, and Baranik.

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Ostrow. Portrait of a boy with a bowtie.

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Ostrowiec, 1920s. Portrait of the families Laks and Tenenblum.

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Ostrowiec, ca. 1900. A kapelye, known all over Poland.

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Oszmiana, April 1933. Children posing in costume, for a play entitled "Queen of the Fairytale," at the Folkshul.

Otwock. A milkman and a fruit peddler, near a fence.

Parczew, 1920s-1930s. Members of a Jewish fire brigade, posing with their fire-wagon.

Pinsk ca. 1924. Outdoor portrait of the orchestra of the M. Glouberman Folkshul.

Pinsk, 1870. Lippe Lurie, on the right, with his brother.

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Pinsk, 1903. Four Zionist-Socialist party members.

Pinsk, 1919. The "Martyrs of Pinsk," murdered during the Russian-Polish War, by a Polish military unit, on April 5, 1919.

Pinsk, 1921. Girls wearing striped aprons, pose with sewing machines, in a seamstress class at the ORT Trade School for Girls.

Pinsk, 1928. The first seventh grade graduating class, of the M. Glouberman Folkshul.

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Pinsk, 1930s. Girls from the M. Glouberman Folkshul, pose in costume for a production.

Pinsk, 1930s. Students and staff of the sixth class, of the M. Glouberman Folkshul.

Pinsk, 1934. Female employees of the Lurie Brothers industrial enterprises, pose in a formation in their gym class.

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Pinsk, 1936. Girls read Polish and Yiddish newspapers, in the reading room of the Jewish Trade School for Girls.

Pinsk, 1936. Students at work, in the kitchen of the Jewish Trade School for Girls.

Pinsk, 1936. Two men at work, in the main office of the CENTOS orphan organization.

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Pinsk, 1937. Portrait of the management and staff, of the Gemilat Chesed Society.

Pinsk, 1937. The entire student body and staff of the M. Glouberman Folkshul, poses in the school yard.

Pinsk, ca. 1900. Outdoor portrait of four students seated around a table, which was set with teacups and a samovar.

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Pinsk, ca. WWI. Dr. Simon Wedkos, director of the AJDC in Pinsk.

Pinsk,1930s. Portrait of the Mikhalevich circle, of the Yugnt-Bund Tsukunft.

Pinsk. At an orphanage run by CENTOS, a nurse with three children.

Plock, 1930. Weighing produce, at the vegetable stand in the marketplace.

Plock. A view of the city, on the Vistula River.

Podbrodzie, March 3, 1939. Tarbut school children, in costume for a Purim-Shpil.

Pospieszki, 1937. A group from the Children's Home, run by the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna, at the TOZ Summer Camp.

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Pruzany, ca. 1910. Portrait of an elderly couple.

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Przemysl, 1919-21. A traveling theater troupe from Galicia.

Przemysl, 1930s. Group portrait of a kapelye, in traditional dress.

Przysucha. Nov. 1, 1925. Getsele the melamed, with his students around a table in the kheyder.

Puszkarnia, 1922. A group of students, examine a specimen under the only microscope at the summer camp of the Vilna Jewish Teachers' Seminary.

Rabka, 1930. The Stern family, posing outdoors.

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Radom, 1936. Funeral procession, for a pogrom victim.

Radoszyce. Abraham Gepner, prominent industrialist, philanthropist and communal leader, with his family. 1931

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).

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Rawa Mazowiecka, 1924. A rustic country village, near Rawa Mazowiecka.

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Rohatyn, 1912. Group portrait of klezmorim from Galicia, most of them members of the Faust family.

Równe, 1920s. In an orphanage, children and their teacher, play an indoor circle game.

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Równe, 1923, Portrait of the seventh grade, of the Równe Business Gymnasium.

Równe, September 30, 1921. Portrait of a young man in uniform.

Rozdol. Students of the Bais Yaakov school for girls in a group portrait.

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Ryki, 1931. Members of the youth group, Hechalutz Ha-Tsa'ir, pose with a sign in the forest.

Rypin, ca. 1920s. Portrait of the Jewish Sports Club soccer team.

Siedlce, 1900-1915. A family portrait.

Siedlce, ca. 1906. Portrait study of a woman.

Siedlce, December 20, 1906. A portrait of two well-dressed women.

Siedlce. A portrait of two well-dressed men.

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Skierniewice, 1904. Portrait of members of Achdus.

Skierniewice, 1920s. Members of the Tiferet Zion organization, pose for a portrait.

Skierniewice, 1921. A music lesson. A girl and her instructor, both with violins.

Skierniewice, 1921. A portrait of six sisters.

Skierniewice, 1930. Zionist youth group leaders pose for a portrait, on the occasion of the departure to Palestine, of one of their circle.

Skolimow, 1937. Prof Dr. Gustaw Bychowski with his wife Maryla, and their friend's child, outdoors.

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Slobodka, 1937. Photomontage of portraits of rabbis and students, of the Yeshiva of Slobodka.

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Smargonie, ca. 1918. Children and adults, pose among the ruins of Minsk Street.

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Sochaczew, 1911. Collectors of Jewish folklore, on the occasion of a literary evening.

Sokólka, 1918. Members of the Kadima school organization, pose under a framed portrait of Herzl.

Sokólka, August 1931. The Maccabee soccer team, posing for a group portrait with their opponents, representatives of the Polish Army club.

Stanislawów, 1910. Portrait of a high school mandolin orchestra.

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Staszow, ca. 1920s. Yitschok Erlich, the belfer, carries youngsters to kheyder.

Staszow, May 20, 1923. Portrait of Yisrolik Szyldewer, a Hasid and ba'al darshan, wearing a striped coat.

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Stolin, 1929. Rabbi Osher Fialkow and his shames, walking through the marketplace, on their way to collect ma'ot chittim.

Suwalki, 1933. Girls in white costumes, for a scene from "The Snow Girl," staged at the Folkshul.

Suwalki, 1935. A scene from D. Einhorn's play "Hands," staged at the Folkshul.

Swislocz, 1911. Portrait of Yudl Aidelman, posing on a bicycle.

Swislocz, 1920s. Osher Berl Lazarowicz, posing with a walking stick, on the sidewalk in front of a shop.

Swislocz, 1920s. Shaye Leyzer Ain at the tombstone of his mother, Sore Khane (d. 1919).

Swislocz, 1920s. Osher Berl Lazarowicz, posing with his family, and his visiting grandchild from Canada.

Swislocz, 1927-1928. Children in costume, for a scene from a summer play.

Swislocz, 1929. Tannery workers, posing in front of the small leather factory, where they work.

Swislocz, ca. 1917. Libe Slapak, at her mother's tombstone in the cemetery.

Swislocz, ca. 1920. Etl Asner and her daughter, at the side of the tombstone of her husband, Eliezer (d. 1919).

Szereszow, 1920s-1930s. The view across the bridge on Preziener Street, which leads to Shmuel the Blacksmith's smithy.

Szydlow, 1920s. Leibtshe Ksieski, at the tombstone of his sister, Perel.

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Szydlow, 1920s. A member of Hashomer Hatzair, posing at the tombstone of her young boyfriend, Avraham Yosef (d. 1928).

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Tarnow, 1902. Workers at M. S. Mandla's Jewish Bakery, at the flour sifter, the oven, and with loaves of bread.

Tarnow, 1905. A mass demonstration for universal suffrage, arranged by the Polish and Jewish socialist parties.

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