Three quarter view from the front and right sides, of a manual Style No. 4 adding machine. Machine is placed on a wooden platform set on carpeting. The machine's serial number is 6099, which indicates it was manufactured between 1898 and 1903.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
View of the front exterior of Swatez Dry Goods Store, which was part of the vibrant business community that served the North Side neighborhood during it's heyday from the 1920s through the 1950s. The store was at the corner of 6th Street and Girard Avenue North, and sold clothes, shoes and housewares.
Created:
1940
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Sylvia Borken stands at the produce counter of Knox Market, which was located at Knox and Plymouth Avenues in Minneapolis. Many small Jewish family-owned and run grocery stored served the North Side neighborhood. Small business ownership was an avenue to success that was open to the earliest group of Jewish immigrants.
Created:
1950
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
View showing the front exterior of the Synagogue Kenesseth Israel. Kenesseth Israel was formed sometime in the late 19th century from the combined congregations of Ohel Jacob and Beth Midrash Hagodol on Minneapolis's North Side. The congregation was Orthodox, active, and engaging of newly arrived immigrants, providing them with medical care and ...
Created:
1900?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Many graduates of the Minneapolis Talmud Torah stayed together socially after their Hebrew instruction was complete. Through participation in sports, men built social networks that served them in business and community activities. Activities were paid for jointly by individuals and community organizations, which encouraged people to join by reli...
Created:
1920
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Student award winners (left to right): Arnold Lifson, Joseph Brooks Memorial Award Lorraine Phillips, Hannah Goldblum Prize Harriet Lifson, Nathan Weisberg Prize.
Created:
1938-04-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Choir members - Left to right, first row: Steven Kaplan, Joy Gordon, Rochelle Ackerman, Sharon Knight, Elaine Katz, David King, Annette Ressen, Elissa Heilicher, Charlotte Hechter and Emanuel Kopstein; second row: Fred Silvers, Herbert Weisberg, Carolyn Figerman, Larry Colman, Sheldon Evidon, David Brudnoy, Daniel Ziff, Barry Friedman, Gayle Fra...
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Dr. George Gordon, founder and driving force behind the Minneapolis Talmud Torah is in the center, front row. Dr. Gordon introduced modern teaching methods, grades, and a rigorous curriculum to Hebrew instruction, and remained administratively independent of any religious congregation. High school classes were the second level of instruction: st...
Created:
1941-04
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Founded in 1911, the Ladies Auxiliary raised money for a variety Talmud Torah related functions by sponsoring dances and food and rummage sales. An early outcome of providing women with a role in Jewish education was a fortification of both Jewish and American identity .
Creator:
Morris, Merle S.
Created:
1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Talmud Torah schools offer primary and advanced education to Jewish students in Hebrew language and scripture religious practices and Talmudic commentaries. Talmud Torahs date back to the Renaissance, and were established in the United States in the 1880s.
Created:
1930
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Group photograph of the Minneapolis Talmud Torah Women's Auxilliary Presidents. While most of the faculty involved in actual teaching at the early Hebrew schools was done by men, women were important to the ongoing success of religious education. The Talmud Torah Women's Auxiliary in Minneapolis was founded in 1911 as a club, and by the mid-1920...
Created:
1937
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Portion of a quad tape unit with the cover removed, showing the circuitry and mechanics of the tape drive. The tape reel is embossed with the Burroughs "B" logo.
Created:
1964?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Four manual Accounting machines being used in a crowded office. Four women operate the machines while two men and one woman look on. Two more women can be seen in the left background.
Created:
1947
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
