Jewish New Year, 1907, with prayer, shawl, & Bible – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Jewish New Year, 1907, with prayer, shawl, & Bible. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Jewish New Year, 1907, with prayer, shawl, & Bible
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This 1907 New York photograph shows children and adults at Rosh ha-Shanah, the Jewish New Year, with a prayer shawl and a Bible visible among the observances. It comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, the archive of a New York news photography service that recorded city life in the early twentieth century. Rosh ha-Shanah opens the High Holy Days in early autumn, a season of synagogue services and personal reflection, and by the 1900s New York's Jewish immigrant communities had built a rich religious life of their own. The picture is worth a close look for how it records that devotion within a crowded and rapidly changing city.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1910-1920.Group portraits 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 1683-6. |
| Subjects | Rosh ha-Shanah--1910-1920. Jews--Spiritual life--1910-1920. Jews--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Children & adults--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 994 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-166710 |
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