Monochrome oil painting executed in grisaille (shades of gray.) Two male Greater Birds of Paradise perched on a branch, wings outstretched. Sketched-in, abstract background. Painted as one of several illustrations for the article "A Collector in the Land of the Birds of Paradise" in the November/December 1929 issue of "Natural History," the maga...
Two boys on the street at the Festival of Nations, 1967. The boy on the left, Mark La Lacourse wears traditional Swiss or German clothing. The boy on the right, Michael Raiola, sits on a very small float that features a sculpture of a saint, surrounded by grapes and vines.
Contributor:
International Institute of Minnesota
Created:
1967
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Two boys in hats sitting on ponnies outside a house. Invitation to soap party. Card sent by J. and B. Petrman from Mitchell, Iowa, to Vaclav Sojka in Osage, Iowa.
Creator:
Petrman, J. and B.
Created:
1912-10-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Julius and Jack Bankman grew up in Virginia, Minnesota. They both served in the Army during the World War II. More than 3000 Jewish men and women served in the military during that war.
Created:
1944?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Two camp Tikvah campers bringing in their canoe, Aitken, Minnesota. Around 1948 The Minneapolis Jewish Federation created the Jewish Camping Association and purchased a former resort located on three hundred acres near Aitken, MN. The camp was renamed Camp Tikvah (Hope). The Emanuel Cohen Center (soon to become the Jewish Community Center of Min...
Contributor:
Tillipman, Harvey
Created:
1970 - 1979
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Two Camp Tikvah staff hold a religious item, Aitkin, Minnesota. Around 1948 The Minneapolis Jewish Federation created the Jewish Camping Association and purchased a former resort located on three hundred acres near Aitken, MN. The camp was renamed Camp Tikvah (Hope). The Emanuel Cohen Center (soon to become the Jewish Community Center of Minneap...
Contributor:
Bernstein, Burton
Created:
1970 - 1979
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The child in the center of the photograph may be Edward Williams Hartley. The adult in the photograph may be Roland Hill Hartley, one of the brothers of Guilford Graham Hartley.
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Two children dressed in costumes as Queen Esther and King Ahasuerus hold hands during the Purim festival at the St. Paul Jewish Community Center. Lori Kigis is dressed as Queen Esther while Bruce Tilsner is dressed as King Ahasuerus.
Created:
1966
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.