Portrait of two women

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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 indoor portrait of two women sitting on a wooden bench. Brocade carpet. Woman on left is younger, wears a dark pleated skirt and long-sleeved shirt with white lace decorative collar. Woman on right is older, with short dark hair and horn-rimmed glasses. 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: Bench Carpet Couple Dress Eyeglasses Portrait Postcard Skirt Studio Portrait WomanTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Extent: Photograph : Cardstock : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 8,5 cm x W: 13,5 cm
Genre / form: textual record
Format: Document
Text in the image: cjhn.caRead automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: Yiddish
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