Portrait of a young woman in a forest clearing

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
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Scope & content: 1 page, double-sided. On recto is a b&w full-length portrait of a young woman. She is outdoors, standing in a forest. She wears a loose white dress, sandals with laces wrapped up her legs, and a bonnet with flowers on it. She has a rectangular bag hanging at her waist, and holds a bouquet of flowers and a long branch. On verso, handwritten Yiddish text. Document is a postcard. Narrative: The donors parents were Meilach Magid and Yocheved Bejlach, both teachers. They came to Canada in 1921, returned to Poland, and then settled in Canada in 1924. Meilach graduated from McGill in 1929. He was the principal of United Talmud Torah School and later founded Herzliah High School in 1946.
In the picture: Dress Flower Forest Garden Girl Portrait Postcard Summer Tree WomanTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Extent: Photograph : Cardstock : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : Beige, Black, White ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 13,5 cm
Genre / form: textual record
Format: Document
Language: Yiddish
Harvested: 2026-10-19T03:21:16Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

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