Black family collection

Identifier

irn524297

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2008.289.1

Dates

1 Jan 1900 - 31 Dec 1912

Level of Description

Item

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524297

Extent and Medium

folder

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Leicia Black donated these photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 16, 1997.

Scope and Content

Consists of a postcards of pre-war Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania, which were sent by Benzion Joseph Black to Ruth (Rachel) Saiger Black around 1909. Also includes numerous studio portraits of the Black family as well as other Jewish youth in Kovno between 1900-1912.

Subjects

Kaunas (Lithuania).

Genre

Postcards.
Photographs.
Document

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.