Group portrait of six men in a field

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: November 20, 1920 (indexed as 1920)
Level: item
Scope & content: 1 page, double-sided. On recto is a b&w outdoor portrait of six young men. They recline in a field in front of a tree. Three of the men wear suits and ties; the other three wear dark button-down jackets. At centre in front of group is an upturned bowler hat with what appears to be a cigarette packet. 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: Bowler Hat Cigarette Field Group Portrait Hat Jewish Community Man Outdoor Event Portrait Postcard Smoking Suit TreeTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Extent: Photograph : Cardstock : Printed, Handwritten : Ink : B&W, purple ; 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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