Portrait photograph showing men associated with the Mercury Athletic Club. The Mercury Club was founded in 1930 as the Wells Mercurys, a boy's and girl's athletic club affiliated with the North Side Well Settlement House.
Created:
1930
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Portrait photograph of the Mercury basketball team in uniform. The Mercurys were the city and state basketball champs in the settlement house league in 1923. Max Winter is in the back row on the far left.
Created:
1923
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
An E2100 machine and desk on a round platform under a banner proclaiming"1st prize," and reads" "Presenting the Electronic E2100 Direct Accounting Computer : Michigan Product of the Year." A sign to the left reads: "Burroughs Electronic E2100 Direct Accounting Computer" Michigan's 1964 Product of the Year : Selected in competition with hundreds ...
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Six microfilm readers on display. Six small signs on the floor in front of the machines read (from left to right): "Pawtucket Office," Woonsocket Office," "Home Office Bookkeeping," "Home Office Bookkeeping," "Home Office Archives," and "Newport Office." A large sign in the center reads: "New Burroughs Microfilm Equipment for Rhode Island Hospit...
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
The Burroughs Mid-West Exhibit Center interior looking out the large window in the middle ground. Five people outside have stopped to look in at the display featuring the USAF ATLAS Guidance Control Loop system. A small display on packet assembly can be seen on the left.
Created:
1958
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
View of the interior of the Burroughs Mid-West Exhibit Center showing the lobby and receptionist station, another work station, and a portion of a conference or lecture area.
Created:
1958
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Photograph showing fathers and sons sitting at long tables which are set with dinnerware. Mikro Kodesh was organized as Anshei Russia (Men of Russia) in 1901, and later changed it's name to Mikra'e Kodesh, or Holy Assembly. The name change bore the suggestion that national distinctions among North Side congregants where becoming less important t...
Created:
1941
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Two photographs, combined to make one finished picture, showing members of the Mikro Kodesh Men's Club. Mikro Kodesh was an Orthodox synagogue located on Oliver Avenue on the North Side of Minneapolis. It was built in 1926.
Created:
1930
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Front exterior view of Mikro Kodesh synagogue. Mikro Kodesh was one of the largest congregations in the Midwest during the 1950s. The building was designed by Samuel Bowler and completed in 1926. It features two prominent Byzantine domes and rounded Romanesque windows, as well as the three-door motif and five second-story windows.
Created:
1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Photograph showing members of the Minneapolis Board of B'nai Brith Women posed outdoors. B'nai Brith Women was an international charitable organization founded in 1909 to give women a voice in B'nai Brith.
Created:
1944
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A bird's eye view of people attending the Funtennial which was Hadassah's largest fundraising event. Essentially, Funtennial was a large-scale community carnival, with arcade-type games, a queen contest, door prizes, dancing and booths with food and crafts. Hundreds volunteered for the event, and for a decade between 1949 and 1959, thousands att...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Bird's eye view of the Minneapolis Funtennial organized by Minneapolis Hadassah. One of the actions Hadassah supported was Youth Aliyah. Youth Aliyah began as a rescue and relief operation for children of Holocaust victims. These children were brought to Palestine during and after the war and settled in residential care. Over the decades, Youth ...
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A woman stands in front of a microphone, while Hurbert Humphrey sits at the table next to her at a Hadassah Supply Shower luncheon. Hadassah promoted health and welfare services to Jewish women and children in Palestine. By the end of WWII, the Minneapolis chapter of Hadassah was 1900 members strong. This photo taken at the Supply Shower luncheo...
Created:
1947
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
ICOR, founded in 1926 in Philadelphia, stood for the "The Association for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union." ICOR promoted the success and survival of Biro-Bijan, a Jewish autonomous region in the Siberia. The inscription at the bottom of the third panel of the photo triptych reads" Minneapolis ICOR greets the Pioneers in Biro-Bijan at th...
Created:
1930-08-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
ICOR, founded in 1926 in Philadelphia, stood for the "The Association for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union." ICOR promoted the survival and success of Biro-Bijan, a Jewish autonomous region in the Soviet Union. The inscription at the bottom of the third panel of the photo triptych reads" Minneapolis ICOR greets the Pioneers in Biro-Bijan ...
Created:
1930-08-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
