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Avrum Katz surveying road construction
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75227
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : b&w ; Ht: 5 1/4 in. x W: 3 3/8 in.
- Date
- [Prior to 1939]
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : b&w ; Ht: 5 1/4 in. x W: 3 3/8 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- [Prior to 1939]
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- b&w, outdoor. A man, Avrum Katz, is shown here using surveying equipment to guide construction along with the man in charge of blueprint and the geometre both seen in the background. Narrative: Awrum Katz was the donor's father. Born in 1892, Awrum was married to Rebecca Pfeffer. He worked as a civil engineer. They moved to England in 1939, with their children Rose and Moshe. From England they travelled to New York to attend the World Fair. They were denied citizenship in the USA and later settled in Montreal. Avrum worked as a peddler and attended university at night to become a civil engineer. He died in 1942.
- Accession No.
- 1999.25.06
- Name Access
- Melnick, Rose
- Places
- Kowel, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Men building a road
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75226
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : b&w ; Ht: 3 3/8 in. x W: 5 1/4 in.
- Date
- 1930
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- Photograph : Paper : b&w ; Ht: 3 3/8 in. x W: 5 1/4 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1930
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- b&w, group of men standing on a road being built. Avrum Katz, a civil engineer can be seen 4th from the left. The road is located between the city of Kowel and Vledema. Narrative: Awrum Katz was the donor's father. Born in 1892, Awrum Katz was married to Rebecca Pfeffer. He worked as a civil engineer. They moved to England in 1939, with their children Rose and Moshe. From England they travelled to New York to attend the World Fair. They were denied citizenship in the USA and later settled in Montreal. Avrum worked as a peddler and attended university at night to become a civil engineer. He died in 1942.
- Accession No.
- 1999.25.03
- Name Access
- Melnick, Rose
- Places
- Kowel, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Work Permit
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn59803
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Work Permit : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Grey, beige, black, white ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 16 cm
- Date
- March 08, 1935
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Work Permit : Cardstock : Printed : Ink : Grey, beige, black, white ; Ht: 11 cm x W: 16 cm
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- March 08, 1935
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Polish
- Notes
- Single page, creased vertically through center, double-sided, linear border around each page, exterior grey, interior beige, identification photo T.L. of interior. Contains personal information filled in by hand, multiple officiating stamps. Work permit for Avrum Katz from Kowel, No. 1313. Narrative: Born in 1892, Mr. Katz was the donor’s father. Her mother was Rebecca Pfeffer. They moved to England in 1939, and from there they travelled to New York to attend the World’s Fair. They were denied citizenship in the USA so they came to Montreal. Avrum worked as a peddler and attended University at night to become a civil engineer. He died in 1942.
- Accession No.
- 1999.25.29
- Name Access
- Melnick, Rose
- Places
- Kowel, Poland, Europe
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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