The queen looks on as workers test Adding machines and calculators during her tour through Department 32 of the Burroughs Strathleven facility. April 16, 1953.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Mr. Coleman and Mr. FitzGerald watch the queen's reaction to a display of eight Adding machines and calculators in Department 5 of the Strathleven facility.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Queen Elizabeth II looks on as three Burroughs employees assemble Adding machines and calculators. A variety of officials escorting the queen can be seen around her, and obstruct a view of the rest of the factory interior. Burroughs President, John S. Coleman stands at the far left. April 16, 1953
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Mrs. Louis Rubenstein posed for this portrait during the annual fundraiser. The woman selling the most tickets was named queen of the bazaar. Beth El Congregation was composed of younger members of the North Side Jewish community who were interested in reviving certain aspects of religious expression, including Torah study (in English) and Frida...
Created:
1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A portrait photograph of Rabbi Albert Minda. Rabbi Minda succeeded Rabbi Samuel Deinard at Temple Israel after Deinard's death in 1921. Minda was a graduate of Hebrew Union Collage, and served Temple Israel until his retirement in 1963. Minda was an exceptional leader, presiding over the construction of a new synagogue in 1929, the founding of t...
Created:
1937
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Rabbi David Arenson, Senator Hubert Humphrey and Rabbi Kassel Abelson pose standing for the camera. Rabbis Kassel Abelson and David Arenson led the Beth El Synagogue congregation during the years it was located on Penn Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The photo with Senator Humphrey was taken at the Penn Avenue building. Arenson especially work...
Created:
1948
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Portrait photograph of Rabbi Joseph Hurvitz and his wife, Rebbetzin Rae Hurvitz. Known in his St. Paul Lowertown community as "Der Roiter Rov" (the Red Rabbi), Rabbi Hurvitz lead the Sons of Jacob and Adath Yeshurun congregations from the 1910s through the 1950s. Though he was a traditionalist, he consciously used both English and Yiddish in wor...
Created:
1940?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Young students stand on the steps of the school. The instructors stand in the back right. Temple of Aaron organized it's own Hebrew school in 1916. The multiplicity of Hebrew Schools in St. Paul was a marked difference from the centralized Hebrew instruction in Minneapolis, reflecting the diversity of the St. Paul community and it's lengthier hi...
Created:
1918
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
People sitting at tables reading books. The University of Minnesota Hillel Society was founded in 1940, with Rabbi Milgrom as its first director. By 1941 the membership of over 500 enjoyed a full agenda of programs including classes, discussion groups, debate, drama and social activities. The lack of a permanent home was an issue as early as 194...
Created:
1942
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Rabbi Milgrom stands at the head of tables set for Seder while young men and women stand as well. The University of Minnesota Hillel Society was founded in 1940, with Rabbi Milgrom its first director. By 1941 the membership of more than 500 enjoyed a full agenda of programs including classes, discussion groups, debate, drama and social activitie...
Created:
1950
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A portrait photograph of Rabbi Samuel Deinard. Deinard was Rabbi at Shaari Tov, later known as Temple Israel, and a committed Zionist. He also served as the editor-in chief of the American Jewish World, the Twin's Cities foremost English-language Jewish newspaper and in the Department of Semitics at the University of Minnesota.
Created:
1920
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Rabbis Abelson and Arenson lead the Beth El congregation during the years that the congregation was located on Penn Avenue. The photograph with Senator Humphrey was taken at the Penn Avenue building. Arenson especially worked closely with Humphrey, during Humphrey's tenure as Minneapolis mayor, to improve North side inter-community relations dur...
Created:
1948
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Rabbi Silber was the leader of Kenesseth Israel, the most influential synagogue in North Minneapolis at the turn of the century. He is speaking at the dedication of the "new" Talmud Torah, which housed classrooms, social services, and recreational facilities for the community. Rabbi Silber is flanked by A. N. Bearman and Nathan Weisberg.
Created:
1915
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A portrait photograph of Rabbi Solomon Silber. Rabbi Silber served as Kenesseth Israel's rabbi from 1902 to 1925. He, and members of his congregation, were instrumental in funding and building the Jewish Family Welfare Board and the Jewish Sheltering Home.
Created:
1910?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Photograph of Rachel Calog sitting in a chair. Rachel Bella Calof is the author of "My Story", an autobiographical account to her marriage to Abraham Calof and their efforts to homestead and raise a family on the plains of North Dakota at the turn of the century. Despite desperate hardships, the Calof's raised nine children, and Rachel was a dri...
Created:
1949
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Portion of an installation of the radar video data processor including the radar screen and three units. A man in a plaid sports jacket is pressing a switch on one of the panels.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Radio wave research equipment. Four items have identifying cards which read (left to right): "AN/URM-6 15 KC to 250 KC," "AN/PRM-1 150 KC to 25 MC," "TS-587/U 15 MC to 400 MC," and "AN/URM-17 375 MC to 1000 MC." The title of small chart on the wall behind the equipment reads: "Calibration Chart, Radio Interference and Field Int[----], NW-20 A, S...
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Two men wearing headsets test radio transmitting and receiving components at Burroughs' Engineering lab, Detroit, Michigan. Companion image to ID no. 306 and no. 315.
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Two men test radio equipment in Burroughs' Engineering lab, Detroit, Michigan. Both men are wearing headsets and adjusting dials. Companion image to ID no. 307 and no. 315.
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
This is a training tape for customers that includes the more advanced features, and troubleshooting tips for the reader/sorter. Visually lower quality than part 4, parts are unreadable.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Created:
1973
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Children of varying ages stand and sit in front of the Jewish Sheltering Home building. The adults in the photograph are Rose and Harry Feiler: they were administrators of the Home in the mid-1930s. The Sheltering Home was a community resource dedicated to providing a stable, Jewish environment for Jewish children unable to live with their famil...
Created:
1934
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Children of varying ages sit on the steps outside of the Jewish Sheltering Home. An unidentified man and woman sit to either side of the children. The Sheltering Home was a community resource dedicated to providing a stable, Jewish environment for Jewish children unable to live with their families. Residency was for the most part short term, wit...
Created:
1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A man, woman, and two children in a row boat just outside of a swimming area. The man is rowing and a woman sits in the stern with a child at each side. The back of the boat is stenciled with "B.A.M. Co." and each oar is stenciled with "5."
Created:
1950
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Children lay on individual mats on the floor during rest time in this pre-kindergarten class. The Jewish Educational Center was the precursor to the current St. Paul Jewish Community Center. It was built in 1930 at the corner of Holly and Grotto. Programming combined recreation and education, and by the time this picture was taken, over 100 comm...
Created:
1939
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The families gathered for this picture included the Rosenthals (back row), Marcuses (middle, seated) and Eisenbergs (front). Harry Brand is standing with his foot on the chair. German Jews arrived in Minneapolis in the 1860s, followed by a large influx of Eastern European Jews in the 1880s. The South Side neighborhood around Franklin and 15th Av...
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Six men stand just behind a ceremonial ribbon. The man in the center cuts the ribbon with a scissors while a man on either side of him holds the ribbon. Left to right: Dr. A. Carraro, Manager of Planning and Machine Application Dept., VEMBI : Dr. A. Amato, Service Manager, VEMBI : Rag. Mario Lucano, General Manager, VEMBI : D. Menichella, Govern...
Created:
1949
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Robert Lazarus sits at a work table. There are violins hanging on the wall in the background. Robert Lazarus played violin for both the Oakland and Chicago Symphonies. After his performing career ended, he ran a violin repair shop and music store at the corner of Jackson and 7th Street in St. Paul.
Created:
1951
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
The Rockler Family sits around two long dining tables during Seder. The National Jewish Workers Alliance, also known as the Farband, was an early North American Zionist group. It was the mutual aid society of the political party Poale Zion. Farband members organized cooperative insurance and medical plans, adult education classes in Yiddish, and...
Created:
1938
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Rose and Jay Phillips, the founder of Mount Sinai Hospital, are being checked in by an unknown volunteer wearing a clown costume at the Mount Sinai Hospital Women's Auxiliary Annual Ball, the biggest social event of the year. Mount Sinai Hospital was built in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the 1950s to address the discrimination Jewish doctors e...
Created:
1950-1975
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Exterior view of Rudolph's Furniture Store. This building stood at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 1st Street in downtown Duluth. It burnt to the ground in 1950.
Created:
1920?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Ruth Melamond, Dr. Owen Wangensteen, and Luella Maslon at a Mt. Sinai Women's Auxiliary function. Dr. Owen Wangensteen of University Hospitals was a supporter of Mt Sinai. He originally proposed that the hospital be built on University of Minnesota property on the West Bank, but the idea never gained traction with the University Board.
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
This tape reviews the capabilities of the S1000 system, and explains how it has become the most popular remittance processing system today. It actually appears to be a practice session, with several retakes.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Created:
1981-03-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
This was a review of the hardware and a demonstration of the machine. It also included a look at application programs. It was a production of Burroughs Corporate Audio Visual.
Creator:
Burroughs Corporation
Contributor:
Shields, Michael R.; Balduf, Carl
Created:
1970s
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
A young man in an United States Air Force uniform sits in the cockpit of a Sabre jet while a man in a suite points out a feature in the cockpit. A third man looks over the cockpit towards the camera.
Created:
1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Five United States Air Force personnel, including one Airman First Class, look on as two men in suits point out features in within the plane's nose. The top panel of the nose has been removed to reveal mechanisms.
Created:
1955
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
The Burroughs Datavan semi tractor and trailer parked on the street in front of a brick building. Three men wearing suits stand by the trailer and a driver stands next to the door. The trailer is painted with the Burroughs logo and reads" Datavan : Bringing Automation to Business : Burroughs Corporation, Det[roit, Michigan]." The tractor is a Fo...
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Van bearing the Burroughs name across the hood and the Burroughs logo and slogan along the side. The logo reads: "The Mark of Superiority in Modern Business Machines" Next to the door it reads: "Burroughs Mobile Demonstration Unit No. 1." Companion image to ID no. 287 and no. 316
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Paneled interior of a van or trailer holding Burroughs equipment that is set up for use. The large fan against the back wall is a Chrysler Airtemp. Companion image to ID no. 316 and no. 317.
Created:
1953
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Paneled interior of a van or trailer holding Burroughs equipment that is set up for use. A sign on the wall reads: "New Burroughs Sensimatic, Savings Machine, unit plan, dual plan." A second sigh reads: "33% lighter key touch, 85% less effort to operate Balance motor bar, 80% less effort to operate Check motor bar, 63% less effort to operate Dep...
Created:
1952
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Sixteen employees are sitting at desks in a classroom, all wearing white shirts and ties. Several Accounting machines are in the foreground, at the front of the classroom and bulletin boards near the back of the room feature "Customer's Statements" and letters. A sheet of paper on one of the front desks reads: "War Extra."
Created:
1914
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Back of a man in raincoat and hat walking down sidewalk and carrying a black briefcase in his left hand and a bag in his right . Overhead is a sign and clock stating "Phoenixville Trust Company."
Created:
1955?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
