Postcard

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Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : White, Blue, Black, Red, Yellow ; Ht: 5 1/2 in. x W: 3 1/2 in.
Date
1919
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
Postcard : Paper : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : White, Blue, Black, Red, Yellow ; Ht: 5 1/2 in. x W: 3 1/2 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
1919
Physical Condition
fragile
Language
Yiddish
English
Hebrew
French
Notes
One page, double-sided. Full color recto, B&W verso. Image on front of postcard shows a group of bearded men in a synagogue. The men are all wearing prayer shawls (tallism). Man in centre is standing on a platform, holding a Torah and looking upward. Two men in foreground are reading from prayer books (siddurim). Happy New Year message below image, English and Hebrew, in red ink. Handwritten Yiddish message in faded black ink on verso (see translation in inscription field).
Accession No.
1990.33.01
Name Access
Allister, Ida
Places
United States of America , North America
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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