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DRBR 20: In which we are Confirmed in Sweden
I thought this picture looked familiar when I saw it in the drawer. It’s the inside of the Great Synagogue at Stockholm, which still has organ at its Shabbat services, and is most particular about...
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DRBR 21: In which the Cardinals are Supplied
Drawer 9 has a lot of pretty things like this: Image copyright Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Used with permission. Click to see bigger. They’re mostly in Italian or Latin, and they have the...
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DRBR 22: In which Ink Creeps
A clip from a testimonial,* signed by appreciative members of an Italian community in 1956. In the subsequent sixty years, note how one of the substances in the black ink has spread out around the...
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DRBR 23: In which the Genoese community is Appreciative
This is DR9 R30, but there’s nothing much in the catalogue about it, which is too bad. It’s a token of appreciation for someone from his co-religionists, in Italian, dated Genoa 1956 (click image to...
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DRBR 24: In which Newspapers are Handwritten
Click to see bigger This caught my eye because it’s just weird to print a newspaper by lithography from a handwritten original. So I went a-searching, and discovered that this was the first...
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DRBR 25: In which Fatherly Advice is given and Ladies are Invited
Possibly the best rabbinical business card ever; the rabbi “Gives Fatherly Advice to All,” and on the back, makes sure that you know “Ladies Invited.” Text of front: Tel. CHickering 4-2316 [that's when...
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DRBR 26: In which the Mikveh is Someone Else’s Problem
Today we have: An Open Letter to the Jewish Married Women Who Are Employed in The Millinery Center, and Also in The Garment and Fur Centers. The flyer isn’t dated. I assume it’s sometime in the 30s...
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DRBR 27: Captions Sought
Right, yo. Click the image to see bigger. I’ve got nothing at all on this one; as I recall, it hasn’t been catalogued yet. No artist, no location, no date, nothing. So. What are they saying? Bring on...
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DRBR 28: How to behave in Shul
What we have today is a lithograph, Das Innere einer Sinagoge in Rom, or Interior of a Synagogue in Rome; click the image at right to see a larger version. It’s by the Swiss artist Hieronymus Hess, and...
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DRBR 29: In which Proper Decorum is Maintained
Floating around in one of the drawers, I came across a printed leaflet. Can’t remember exactly the purpose of the leaflet–they’re usually solicitations for money–but it featured many pictures of...
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