Vilna Portraits, Part 2

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#vil_p2-1:Engineer A. Klebanow, president of the Hilf Durkh Arbet (Relief Through Work) trade school, posing at a desk in his office strewn with posters commemorating the 30th anniversary of the association. 1938

#vil_p2-2:Portrait of M. Schreiber, director of the ORT Technical School, at his desk in his wood-paneled office. 1935.

#vil_p2-3:Studio portrait of Yiddish writer H. Leivick (seated, center), educator and choir leader Yakov Gershteyn (seated, 2nd from r) and Yiddish writer and teacher Moshe (Moses) Kulbak (seated, 3rd from l) with students at the Jewish Real-Gymnasium, part of the CEBEKA (Central Education Committee) school system. 1920s.

#vil_p2-4:Studio portrait of a group of teachers: (front row, l-r) Yudes Rajzenberg, (unidentified), Golde Lewi (Mrs. Glanz); (middle row, left) Wita Lewin, Sonia Kahan (Wirgili); (last row, 1st from r) Rivke Ajdelson.

#vil_p2-5:Studio portrait of Shoved Kinkulkin, a well-known dealer in old books, posing with two books. 1920s.

#vil_p2-6:Portrait of a founder of the Rosenkranz and Schriftsetzer publishing house and print shop, Rabbi Avrom Tsvi, son of Yoysef Rosenkranz.

#vil_p2-7:Studio portrait of Menakhem (Mane) Rom, a member of the well-known family of printers and publishers. turn of the century.

#vil_p2-8:Studio portrait of Dvoyre Rom, a member of the well-known family of printers and publishers.

#vil_p2-9:Portrait of the staff of the newspaper "Tog" (Day) at the time of its establishment: A. Sapir, Grazul, Berkow, Kamermacher, Kantor, Kaptanowicz, Z. Reisen, Sh. Niger (editor), Kaptan-Kaptanski, Szapiro, Razowski, Engelsztern, Lewi, Karnermacher. 1919

#vil_p2-10:Shmuel Dreyer, a lawyer and an editor of "Der Tog" (The Day), the Yiddish newspaper.

#vil_p2-11:The building committee posing in front of the half-completed new YIVO building on Wiwulskiego Street: (r-l) Boris Kletzkin, Czernikow, Z. Reisen, Szapiro, Zhitlowski, Isaac Steinberg, Weinreich, (unidentified), Zelig Kalmanovitch, Zeleznikov and Wirgili-Kahan. 1929.

#vil_p2-12:-(Left) Historian Ignacy Schipper (1884-1943), professor at Warsaw University, head of the Institute for Jewish Studies, and a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. (Right) Latzki-Bertoldi, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929

#vil_p2-13:Dr. Max Weinreich, a founder of YIVO (Yiddish Scientific Institute) and a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929

#vil_p2-14:Left: Zalman Reisen, author and a founder of YIVO (Yiddish Scientific Institute), as a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. Right: (Right) Dr.Zemach Shabad (Szabad), a TOZ activist, and participant at the 1st YIVO Conference.1929

#vil_p2-15:Joseph and Jacob Lestschinsky, participants at the 1st YIVO Conference. Jacob Lestchinsky headed YIVO's Economics and Statistics Section. 1929

#vil_p2-16:Playwright Peretz Hirshbein, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-17:Publisher and patron of Yiddish literature Boris Kleckin [Kletzkin] (1875-1937), a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-18:D. Wirgili-Kahan, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-19:Historian Noah Prylucki, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-20:P. Kaplan, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-21:Dr. Gergel, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-22:I. Berz, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-23:M. Ben-Adir, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. (Newspaper clipping.)

#vil_p2-24:Philologist Zelig Kalmanowicz [Kalmanovitch], a founder of YIVO (Yiddish Scientific Institute) and a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-25:M. Czernichow-Danieli, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-26:Actor Boas Karlinski, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-27:Historians who attended the YIVO Conference: Elias Tcherikower (seated, 1st from r) and others. 1935.

#vil_p2-28:YIVO instructors and `aspirantn' (research fellows): Front row, left to right: Rokhl Golinkin, Libe Schildkret (Lucy Dawidowicz), J. Shapiro, unidentified, Khayem Munits, Nekhama Epstein. Second row: Eliyohu Teitelbaum, Shmuel Z. Pipe, Yankev Rifkind, Khane Smishkovitsh, M. Weinreich, Ber Schlossberg. Third Row: first two are unidentified, Pinkhes Tikotchinsky, Shloyme Berezin, Zalman Reisen, unidentified. 1938.

#vil_p2-29:Folklorist Nechama Epstein at work at a case full of objects in the ethnography section of the YIVO `aspirantur' (research section).1939.

#vil_p2-30:Historian Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz from New York, then a YIVO `aspirant' (research fellow) , posing with Riva Kalmanovitch, wife of YIVO director Zelig Kalmanovitch. 1939.

#vil_p2-31:Moyshe Lerer, J. Shapiro, Zelig Kalmanovitch, D. Wirgili-Kahan and others at work in the study room of YIVO. 1930s.

#vil_p2-32:Zelig Kalmanovitch (right) and F. Halpern, posing in conversation over a book at YIVO. 1930s.

#vil_p2-33:Yeshayahu Toyb posing with YIVO director Zelig Kalmanovitch and Kantor, at YIVO. 1935.

#vil_p2-34:Lord Marly (center) taking notes on a visit to YIVO (Yiddish Scientific Institute). With him are (l-r) Zalman Reisen, A. Shulman, Y. Kruk, Alfenitsky and Shmuel Pipe. 1936.

#vil_p2-35:Zalman Szyk posing in his library, holding a copy of Ephim H. Jeshurin's book "Vilne," which was sent to him by the author.

#vil_p2-36:Portrait of Ephim H. Jeshurin's nephew Miron G. Jeshurin as a baby. 1910.

#vil_p2-37:Noach Nachbush (right) and Dr. Jakob Wygodzki, walking on a snowy street. 1939.

#vil_p2-38:Studio portrait of (right to left) Yona Rosenfeld, Peretz Hirschbein, Nahum Shtif, Boris Kletzkin, Shmuel Niger and Z.I. Onkhi. 1912.

#vil_p2-39:Studio portrait of three brothers: journalist Daniel Czarny, labor leader Baruch Charney Vladeck and literary critic Shmuel Niger. 1907.

#vil_p2-40:Studio portrait of playwright Peretz Hirshbein. 1903.

#vil_p2-41:Studio portrait of playwright Peretz Hirschbein and writer Zalman Shneur. 1905.

#vil_p2-42:Studio portrait of J. Borszadski, M. Kaba, Berta Czernowic, Khayim Czernowic, playwright Peretz Hirshbein (2nd from r), J.D. Berkowicz (Yitzhak Dov Berkowitz), and Ernestine Rabinowitz, the daughter of Sholem Aleichem. 1905.

#vil_p2-43:Studio portrait of playwright Peretz Hirshbein (1st from l) with Jakob Rozenbaum, Sura Hirshbein, J. D. Berkowicz (Yitzhak Dov Berkowitz)and Sonia Elmit. 1913.

#vil_p2-44: Aleksander Granach, Zalman Reisen with his wife, and Dr. M. Albauer in front of Reisen's home. 1934.

#vil_p2-45: Studio portrait of (right to left) Moshe (Moses) Kulbak, Joseph Opatoshu, Maks Eryk and Zalman Reisen, board members of the Yiddish P.E.N. Club.1928.

#vil_p2-46: Studio portrait of poets H. Leivick (right) and Moshe (Moses) Kulbak.1925.

#vil_p2-47: Outdoor portrait of Arn Mark, the literary critic, and his family, with the wife and son of poet Moshe (Moses) Kulbak. 1935.

#vil_p2-48: Studio portrait of Walk, journalist Daniel Charney and Moshe Szalit. 1936.

#vil_p2-49: Yakov Gershteyn, S. Kagan, Rose Sutskever, and Zalman Szapiro in the Bernardiner Gardens. 1938.

#vil_p2-50:Poet Abraham Sutzkever and Noach Nachbush walking down the street.

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#vil_p2-1:Engineer A. Klebanow, president of the Hilf Durkh Arbet (Relief Through Work) trade school, posing at a desk in his office strewn with posters commemorating the 30th anniversary of the association. 1938	#vil_p2-2:Portrait of M. Schreiber, director of the ORT Technical School, at his desk in his wood-paneled office. 1935.

#vil_p2-3:Studio portrait of Yiddish writer H. Leivick (seated, center), educator and choir leader Yakov Gershteyn (seated, 2nd from r) and Yiddish writer and teacher Moshe (Moses) Kulbak (seated, 3rd from l) with students at the Jewish Real-Gymnasium, part of the CEBEKA (Central Education Committee) school system. 1920s.	#vil_p2-4:Studio portrait of a group of teachers: (front row, l-r) Yudes Rajzenberg, (unidentified), Golde Lewi (Mrs. Glanz); (middle row, left) Wita Lewin, Sonia Kahan (Wirgili); (last row, 1st from r) Rivke Ajdelson.

#vil_p2-5:Studio portrait of Shoved Kinkulkin, a well-known dealer in old books, posing with two books. 1920s.	#vil_p2-6:Portrait of a founder of the Rosenkranz and Schriftsetzer publishing house and print shop, Rabbi Avrom Tsvi, son of Yoysef Rosenkranz.

#vil_p2-7:Studio portrait of Menakhem (Mane) Rom, a member of the well-known family of printers and publishers. turn of the century.	#vil_p2-8:Studio portrait of Dvoyre Rom, a member of the well-known family of printers and publishers.

#vil_p2-9:Portrait of the staff of the newspaper "Tog" (Day) at the time of its establishment: A. Sapir, Grazul, Berkow, Kamermacher, Kantor, Kaptanowicz, Z. Reisen, Sh. Niger (editor), Kaptan-Kaptanski, Szapiro, Razowski, Engelsztern, Lewi, Karnermacher. 1919	#vil_p2-10:Shmuel Dreyer, a lawyer and an editor of "Der Tog" (The Day), the Yiddish newspaper.

#vil_p2-11:The building committee posing in front of the half-completed new YIVO building on Wiwulskiego Street: (r-l) Boris Kletzkin, Czernikow, Z. Reisen, Szapiro, Zhitlowski, Isaac Steinberg, Weinreich, (unidentified), Zelig Kalmanovitch, Zeleznikov and Wirgili-Kahan. 1929.	#vil_p2-12:-(Left) Historian Ignacy Schipper (1884-1943), professor at Warsaw University, head of the Institute for Jewish Studies, and a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. (Right) Latzki-Bertoldi, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929

#vil_p2-13:Dr. Max Weinreich, a founder of YIVO (Yiddish Scientific Institute) and a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929	#vil_p2-14:Left: Zalman Reisen, author and a founder of YIVO (Yiddish Scientific Institute), as a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. Right: (Right) Dr.Zemach Shabad (Szabad), a TOZ activist, and participant at the 1st YIVO Conference.1929

#vil_p2-15:Joseph and Jacob Lestschinsky, participants at the 1st YIVO Conference. Jacob Lestchinsky headed YIVO's Economics and Statistics Section. 1929	#vil_p2-16:Playwright Peretz Hirshbein, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-17:Publisher and patron of Yiddish literature Boris Kleckin [Kletzkin] (1875-1937), a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.	#vil_p2-18:D. Wirgili-Kahan, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-19:Historian Noah Prylucki, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.	#vil_p2-20:P. Kaplan, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-21:Dr. Gergel, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.	#vil_p2-22:I. Berz, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-23:M. Ben-Adir, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. (Newspaper clipping.)	#vil_p2-24:Philologist Zelig Kalmanowicz [Kalmanovitch], a founder of YIVO (Yiddish Scientific Institute) and a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-25:M. Czernichow-Danieli, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.	#vil_p2-26:Actor Boas Karlinski, a participant at the 1st YIVO Conference. 1929.

#vil_p2-27:Historians who attended the YIVO Conference: Elias Tcherikower (seated, 1st from r) and others. 1935.	#vil_p2-28:YIVO instructors and `aspirantn' (research fellows): Front row, left to right: Rokhl Golinkin, Libe Schildkret (Lucy Dawidowicz), J. Shapiro, unidentified, Khayem Munits, Nekhama Epstein. Second row: Eliyohu Teitelbaum, Shmuel Z. Pipe, Yankev Rifkind, Khane Smishkovitsh, M. Weinreich, Ber Schlossberg. Third Row: first two are unidentified, Pinkhes Tikotchinsky, Shloyme Berezin, Zalman Reisen, unidentified. 1938.

#vil_p2-29:Folklorist Nechama Epstein at work at a case full of objects in the ethnography section of the YIVO `aspirantur' (research section).1939.	#vil_p2-30:Historian Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz from New York, then a YIVO `aspirant' (research fellow) , posing with Riva Kalmanovitch, wife of YIVO director Zelig Kalmanovitch. 1939.

#vil_p2-31:Moyshe Lerer, J. Shapiro, Zelig Kalmanovitch, D. Wirgili-Kahan and others at work in the study room of YIVO. 1930s.	#vil_p2-32:Zelig Kalmanovitch (right) and F. Halpern, posing in conversation over a book at YIVO. 1930s.

#vil_p2-33:Yeshayahu Toyb posing with YIVO director Zelig Kalmanovitch and Kantor, at YIVO. 1935.	#vil_p2-34:Lord Marly (center) taking notes on a visit to YIVO (Yiddish Scientific Institute). With him are (l-r) Zalman Reisen, A. Shulman, Y. Kruk, Alfenitsky and Shmuel Pipe. 1936.

#vil_p2-35:Zalman Szyk posing in his library, holding a copy of Ephim H. Jeshurin's book "Vilne," which was sent to him by the author.	#vil_p2-36:Portrait of Ephim H. Jeshurin's nephew Miron G. Jeshurin as a baby. 1910.

#vil_p2-37:Noach Nachbush (right) and Dr. Jakob Wygodzki, walking on a snowy street. 1939.	#vil_p2-38:Studio portrait of (right to left) Yona Rosenfeld, Peretz Hirschbein, Nahum Shtif, Boris Kletzkin, Shmuel Niger and Z.I. Onkhi. 1912.

#vil_p2-39:Studio portrait of three brothers: journalist Daniel Czarny, labor leader Baruch Charney Vladeck and literary critic Shmuel Niger. 1907.	#vil_p2-40:Studio portrait of playwright Peretz Hirshbein. 1903.

#vil_p2-41:Studio portrait of playwright Peretz Hirschbein and writer Zalman Shneur. 1905.	#vil_p2-42:Studio portrait of J. Borszadski, M. Kaba, Berta Czernowic, Khayim Czernowic, playwright Peretz Hirshbein (2nd from r), J.D. Berkowicz (Yitzhak Dov Berkowitz), and Ernestine Rabinowitz, the daughter of Sholem Aleichem. 1905.

#vil_p2-43:Studio portrait of playwright Peretz Hirshbein (1st from l) with Jakob Rozenbaum, Sura Hirshbein, J. D. Berkowicz (Yitzhak Dov Berkowitz)and Sonia Elmit. 1913.	#vil_p2-44: Aleksander Granach, Zalman Reisen with his wife, and Dr. M. Albauer in front of Reisen's home. 1934.

#vil_p2-45: Studio portrait of (right to left) Moshe (Moses) Kulbak, Joseph Opatoshu, Maks Eryk and Zalman Reisen, board members of the Yiddish P.E.N. Club.1928.	#vil_p2-46: Studio portrait of poets H. Leivick (right) and Moshe (Moses) Kulbak.1925.

#vil_p2-47: Outdoor portrait of Arn Mark, the literary critic, and his family, with the wife and son of poet Moshe (Moses) Kulbak. 1935.	#vil_p2-48: Studio portrait of Walk, journalist Daniel Charney and Moshe Szalit. 1936.

#vil_p2-49: Yakov Gershteyn, S. Kagan, Rose Sutskever, and Zalman Szapiro in the Bernardiner Gardens. 1938.	#vil_p2-50:Poet Abraham Sutzkever and Noach Nachbush walking down the street.

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