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[yumuseum]

Collection item of the week:  unfinished embroidery by fabric artist Ina Golub depicting a lion, with a detail showing the different types of metal threads she used to form the lion.

[yumuseum]

Collection item of the week:  Zira Cigarette silk depicting Queen Esther, New Jersey, ca. 1911.  Cigarette silks, issued in thematic sets including historical queens came in cigarette packages. They could be used to make quilts and were intended to encourage women to smoke more.

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Collection item of the week:  Jewish Welfare Board United War Work Campaign poster for the week of November 11, 1918.  At the request of President Wilson, seven organizations worked together to raise $170,000,000 to provide entertainment to American troops abroad. Although the campaign began the day the war ended, the campaign continued to fundraise and troops remained in France into 1919.  A soldier shows civilians the use to which their donations would be applied:  soldiers are entertained by by a woman playing piano.

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Collection item of the week:  Portrait of Elias Rothstein in the costume of a Roman soldier, Boston, 1896.

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Collection item of the week: detail of a 1925 poster advertising the movie Ben Hur

[yumuseum]

Collection item of the week: Chaim and Renee Gross housewarming invitation

[yumuseum]

Collection item of the week:  photograph of a technician with guinea pigs in the garden of the Breslau Jewish Hospital, 1934. Guinea pig inoculation was used at the time for the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

[yumuseum]

Collection item of the week:  The market [in Lodz] before Passover, oil on canvas by David Dzienciarski (1912-1980), oil on canvas, Israel, 1970s.

[yumuseum]

Collection item of the week:  Black Wedding, a painting by Samuel Rothbort (1882-1971) probably based on memories of his early years in Wolkowisk (Belarus).  This illustrates an Eastern European folk tradition of marrying two people in a cemetery to ward off an epidemic.  

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Collection item of the week: Samson and Delilah, watercolor by Albert Dov Sigal (1912-1970)

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Collection items of the week: 19th century wedding dresses from Gallipoli (left), Morocco (center), and New York City (right)

[yumuseum]

Collection items of the week:  two very different 20th century watercolor depictions of heder.  Samuel Rothbort’s (1882-1971) horrified teacher finds his class drawing portraits of him.  Albert Dov Sigal’s (1912-1970) teacher smilingly interacts with his studious young charges.

[yumuseum]

Collection item of the week:  Ruth, stencil on velvet, Bezalel, ca. 1920s.

[the1920sinpictures]

1925 White Model 15 Express Truck. From Pre-War Automobile Classic Images, FB.

[blackleatherjesster]

I get no notes because as soon as someone finishes reading my post they are compelled to put down their phone and experience the wonders of the world around them with fresh eyes

[blackleatherjesster]

Because of how bad the post is

[smsomah]

Tamils of South India. Scanned from the book Wedding Ceremonies: Ethnic Symbols, Costume and Rituals; 2001; Tiziana & Gianni Baldizzone