A study of myself and my ancestors going back several generations. Comprised of still-life photography by Jessica Chortkoff. Also featuring the Chortkoff family photography and archives. All photo editing and digital restoration by Jessica Chortkoff Photography. The Chortkoff family has a long history of amazing, hard working, charismatic and highly talented people. I actually think my dad got some of his music genes from his own dad, my grandfather Ben Chortkoff. Ben was a carpet layer by trade, but he loved jazz. He also loved taking photos. He went to see and take photos of Louis Armstrong and became very good friends with his band members and family. They regularly came over to the Chortkoff’s house for dinner, to jam, and they even went on vacation together. My dad’s favorite photo of himself as a child shows him at 7 or 8 years old holding his ears next to a trumpeting Louis Armstrong! I continue the music tradition by participating on harmonica with my man, the impossibly talented Rich Riggio. Both Ben and Rand Chortkoff had a self professed love of photography and journalism. Although neither of them became professional story tellers, they proved to be good documenters. My grandmother Mildred Chortkoff and great aunt, Rose Berger, kept the family photos safe for many decades. I am just here to continue the work and tell the story. The Chortkoff Archives copyright Jessica Chortkoff 2018 All rights reserved. The purpose of the Chortkoff Archives is to raise awareness of and preserve the Chortkoff (as well as the Schwartz and Newman) family history. Stay tuned to see how you might be able to help. Please share and subscribe to help keep the Chortkoff Archives alive!
Here it is, the hospital in which I was born! This historic building was built in the 1920s. I always loved art deco style and Hugo Ballin murals! It makes sense knowing these are the first things I ever saw in my life! You can add this building to your own game in the Sims 4! Just go check out the gallery of Jessimmerqueen!
Classic West Hollywood: 456 N. Hayworth Ave. Yesterday and Today!
Classic West Hollywood apartment and street where my grandmother Mildred lived from about 1945-1975. #hollywood #Jewberhood #Fairfax #Old Hollywood #older generation #grandparents #Hayworth #Mildred #Chortkoff #city life #childhoodmemories #vintagestyle #Randy Chortkoff #Ben Chortkoff #Bob Newman #Lewis Newman #Yetta Newman #Bruce Kargin #apartment #homes #architecture #losangeles
Sims2 Time Travel Machine: My family in Old Hollywood-1920s-30s Los Angeles
Simulated time travel via- The Sims 2 video game. Music by Mark Mothersbaugh. I recreated my great grandparents in the Sims 2! Then I had them have kids... and they came out looking just like my grandmother Millie and her brother Bob! See how close the DNA is! Maybe I should have made the sims eat more, lol. Tell me what you think! it's light and fun and moves fast! Great Sims 2 score by Mark Mothersbaugh. I wonder what he would think!? Another one of my "simulated time travel" films! This one will take you way back to the early 1900s! You get to watch a simulated version of the house my ancestors grew up in in downtown south east Los Angeles. The house is still standing! Maybe one of these days I will go see it. I would love to know what the inside looks like. And what kind of attic those stairs on the side lead to! Lewis Newman owned the house featured in the video. Unlike my similar auto-biographic film, "Life in Long Beach" I had no idea of the inside or the furnishings so I guessed! Not too many photos were taken indoors in those days! The film speed on those old cameras required full outdoor light! Mildred Newman was my Nana (grandmother) Millie who I developed a deep bond with. She told me next to nothing about her early years. And she never sat down and shared her photos with us. A lot of folks including her brother and mother, died young and I think she just wanted to forget. I got the photos after my dad died and have been digitizing ever since! But everyone looks so HAPPY! So this is a happy video! Featuring a great soundtrack of Sims 2 video game music by Mark Mothersbaugh. (Founder of the rock band Devo!) I don't mention it much in this one but my family was running from Pogroms and Nazis. That is why I am an American! And this video is about that period of time Lewis and his family got to enjoy the American dream! Lewis's family story is amazing and will be covered in a future episode. For now enjoy a good and simple time in their lives! This sweet story is dedicated to my great Aunt Rachel Rosenblatt. I wish she had come to the US too! Sadly she and her children and grandchildren stayed behind in Chortkov Poland. They never made it to the US and she and her daughter and her family were deported to and died in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Her sons made it to Israel however and I hope to find them and their descendants someday! #family #old #hollywood #angelenos #california #sims #sims2 #oldendays #1920s #flappers #children #grandparents #parents #simulator
Life in Long Beach: Images from my early childhood
Take a trip back to late 1970s- early 1980s Long Beach, CA. This video is part auto-biography, part therapy, part fairy tale, and all California history. The Chortkoff Archives is a start up non-profit. We worked with the worlds smallest budget to accomplish my epic and ambitious vision! I think you will find this video is fast paced and an enjoyable way to spend 47 quick minutes. Please leave respectful comments. I don't even want to say how long I have been working on this one! I had the idea way back in 2013. That year my childhood home was up for sale and I called the real-estate agent who was only interested in selling the house and I said all the wrong things. So I just thought about it and eventually this was made. The interiors were recreated in The Sims 2, and you get a video walkthrough. So come check out my simulated time machine! Let's go to Long Beach back to the groovy and awesome late 70s early 1980s LA! There is a little something for everyone here! If you like animation, California history, video games, or grew up in the 1970s or 1980s, I think you will like this! If you have lost loved ones and family you will relate to it. If you had a unique childhood I think you will like it too. It is a story about picking up a little girl I left behind in LB in 1985! I had a big story to tell but no budget. I have big visions that I hope to bring to the big screen someday! Hopefully this video will help gain me the popularity I need to buy camera stabilizers, microphones, actors, and sets. Maybe a small camera crew someday! But all I had was a Canon 6D and it's built in microphone. But I got the sound down pretty well anyway! Thanks to Will Wright for inventing the Sims games. They have helped me work through the tough processing of everyday life. I recreated my childhood from memory. I also include a lot of interesting historic facts and elements to make this enlightening for everyone. I exorcized some childhood demons too! I recommend going back and writing out your story from birth! It was hard to keep this under an hour long because I began to remember so much stuff! Plus as I reached out I found my Cuz Peter Shaw, nephew of my beloved grandpa Thomas. I did not see a photo of my grandfather from the age of 10 until about 7 years ago when my dad, Rand Chortkoff passed. He had them! Cuz Peter also hooked me up with lots of photos of grandpa! I have yet to find where my grandparents are buried. This goes by fast and is light and fun I think! It is not made for children, but it is from my inner child's point of view. I would rate it PG. Safe for work, safe for TV, and probably just fine for children but viewer discretion is advised. And PLEASE subscribe to my Youtube! Life in Long Beach Images from my early childhood (and today) All photo restoration, digitalization, animation, and photo and video editing by Jessica Chortkoff Story by Jessica Chortkoff Featuring Jessica Chortkoff and Tasha Ayame Vest as themselves. Kiimm Vi as herself. All Original paintings by Jessica Chortkoff Images of maps and street photos by Google Maps. Other Sources include: Ancestry.com Familysearch.org http://calheights.org/community-event... https://www.longbeach.gov/park/recrea... Vintage Photos: [email protected] "Chewing Gum" Performed by Annie Produced by Richard X Written by Richard X and Hannah Robinson Published by Universal Music Publishing on behalf of Native Songs / Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (P) 2004 679 Recordings Ltd. By arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing "Sim 2 Theme" "Sim Sation" "Sim Time Sim Place" "Makeover" "Sims Heartbeat" "Busy Sim" "Sim Heaven" "Sim the Builder" "Sim shopping Spree" By Mark Mothersbaugh "Funky Suspense" by Ben Sound "Big Day Out" "Hep Cat Jive" "Rendevous" "Call of the Mountains" "Toys" by Purple Planet Music Bells by Sukhavati (Tasha Ayame vest- Bells and Nick Vest- Guitar) "Popeye the Sailor Man" by Sammy Lerner sung by William Costello "Neighborhood 2" by Marc Russo and Jerry Martin Additional music by Ben Sound and Apple Special thanks Tasha Vest: Driver/lunch Also Nick Vest Rich Riggio (emotional support) Peter Shaw (research and photo-achive) Angel Heart (she knows) Will Wright EA Games (Simulation software) All characters created by Jessica Chortkoff and the Chortkoff Archives 2022
1 Likes, 0 Comments - Jessica Chortkoff (@jessica_chortkoff_photos) on Instagram: “My dad, Rand Chortkoff, far left, and unknown friends. Probably West Hollywood, CA, 1969ish.”
3 Likes, 0 Comments - Jessica Chortkoff (@jessica_chortkoff_photos) on Instagram: “My dad loved Halloween so much. It was his favorite holiday. I like it as well. Here is my dad as a…”
1 Likes, 0 Comments - Jessica Chortkoff (@jessica_chortkoff_photos) on Instagram: “Taylor Harmony Chortkoff, about 4 or 5 years of age. I was already in my 20s! Now I am in my 40s…”
Taylor Harmony Chortkoff, about 4 or 5 years of age. I was already in my 20s! Now I am in my 40s and she is a grown woman. I guess this is what happens once you reach the top of the hill, time. God she was cute. My dad loved me no doubt, but he was smitten with Taylor. She reminds me of Shirley Temple here.
1 Likes, 0 Comments - Jessica Chortkoff (@jessica_chortkoff_photos) on Instagram: “My great uncle Bob. I never met him, because he died by the time he was 30. He was always really…”
My great uncle Bob. I never met him, because he died by the time he was 30. He was always really overweight, but here he looks great, and he seems to know it! I am sure he worked hard towards it. I am not sure, but maybe we lost him to WW2. My nana Millie loved her little brother Bob so much. They were close in age and in all their baby and childhood photos they were always arm in arm or holding hands. Very very tight. In fact, according to census data nana moved with her family; Lewis, Yetta, and Bob, her new husband, Marty Kargin, and later their child Bruce Kargin, all to the same house on Carmona Avenue in West Los Angeles. The house still stands, Millie married her first husband right in the front yard! Lewis was a furrier and Bob and Marty worked for him.
3 Likes, 0 Comments - Jessica Chortkoff (@jessica_chortkoff_photos) on Instagram: “Taylor Chortkoff playing the drums and being a brat to the photographer, lol. Early 2000s.”
1 Likes, 0 Comments - Jessica Chortkoff (@jessica_chortkoff_photos) on Instagram: “My grandmother Millie Chortkoff, standing next to the Hoover Dam plaque. 1940s. Many years later…”
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