Class portrait

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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 class portrait of a group of thirteen girls and their teacher. On wall in background is a Star of David. That portion of the photograph has been written on in black ink in Yiddish. All the girls wear long dark dresses with long sleeves, with lace bib collars and black bows. The teacher sits at centre, also wearing a long dark dress. 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: Classroom Dress Girl Group Portrait Indoor Event Interior View Jewish Community Judaism Portrait School Student TeacherTagged 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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