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Description:: Shanedling started a men's store in the J. D. Holtzman Building on Cedar Avenue in the 1920s.
Created:: 1920?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-17

Description:: Participants in the Junior Hadassah Manless Cabaret, in costume, pose in the Spaulding Hotel Ballroom.
Created:: 1932
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-17

Description:: A man stands loading or unloading salvage from the back of a truck. Salvage was one area of industry where Jews immigrating to the U.S. around the turn of the century were able to participate and thrive. Salvage owners took in scrap metals, compacted them and resold them. During WWll, scrap was at a premium, as the U.S. retooled its manufacturin...
Created:: 1942-07-16
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-17

Description:: Exterior view of the Kaplan Brothers Surplus storefront with automobiles parked outside. A popular branch of the Kaplan Brothers Clothing stores was located for many years at the corner of Bloomington Avenue and Franklin Street in South Minneapolis.
Created:: 1935
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-17

Description:: A group of children pose outside wearing handmade costumes. For families that were not able or didn't choose to send their kids to camp outside of the city, the J. A. C. C. provided Stay At Home Camp during summer months at the J. E. C.
Created:: 1941
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-17

Description:: Two girls and a boy stand outside of Desnick's Drug Store laughing. Desnick's was a neighborhood hub, close to schools, car and foot busy Plymouth Ave.
Created:: 1943?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-17

Description:: A group of children play on a slide and in a sandbox at the Jewish Educational Center.
Created:: 1946
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-17

Description:: Two boys play ping pong while a group of children look on. In 1936, the J. E. C. annexed an adjacent home to be used for children's groups and arts and crafts classes. The annex was closed in 1940 and activities shifted to Mt. Zion and Temple of Aaron.
Created:: 1940-09-19
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-17

Description:: Likely members of the same family, these young people pose for a snapshot with their bicycle,on a hard-packed dirt street somewhere on the West Side of St. Paul.
Created:: 1910?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-17

Description:: Boys use a clothes ringer while an adult supervises in the background. Perhaps the kids at camp used the clothes ringer to dry out bathing suits? Stanley Calof is the boy at the hand crank.
Created:: 1930?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-17