A portrait of Grace Erlandson, an early staff member at the Jones Harrison Residence, which was established in 1888 by the Women's Christian Association. The Jones-Harrison is believed to be Minnesota's longest continuously operating home to seniors.
Portrait of Alice O. Thorson (1870-1929). She was born and raised in Glenwood, studied constitutional law, languages, music and Free Masonry and was an activist in the Women's Suffrage movement. Miss Thorson is best known locally as the author of the Minnewaska legend, The Tribe of Pezhekee, and for her paintings of local scenes.
Portrait photograph of some men affiliated with Central Community House. Central Community House and its West Side counterpart, Neighborhood House, were created to assist immigrants newly arrived to the community. Although the settlement house roots were in the Jewish community, the curriculum and activities offered emphasized Americanization and secularization. The group of young Jewish men in the photo may be members of Coming Men of America, a fraternal order with Masonic roots who met at the House.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Portrait photograph showing members of the Minneapolis Workmen's Circle. Workman's Circle members were non-religious, politically active Jews, many of whom were Socialists. They espoused a classless society, favored the use of Yiddish for cultural expression, and created a variety of services for members, including medical and insurance benefits.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Portrait photograph of members of the Workmen's Circle, which was created in the late 1800s by Jewish immigrants as a mutual aid society. The Circle was secular, practical and leftist, and many members were involved in support for Palestine.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Photograph of a woman using a measuring tape to measure the length of a skirt on Ida Blehart. Neighborhood House was founded by the Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society. Neighborhood House was founded primarily to provide recreational, educational and social activities to residents of the West Side neighborhood. It maintained an active recreational program for girls in the neighborhood, teaching sewing, cooking and other domestic arts.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Formal portrait of leaders in the Norwegian Temperance Movement. Top row, left to right: F.L. Tronsdal, unidentified, Alfred Gabrielsen, Theodore Reimestad, unidentified. Middle row: Waldemar Ager, B.B. Haugan, T.K. Thorvildson, Ole Br. Olsen, Gustav Eide. Bottom row: Andrew Wold and Inga Moen.
Front row, left to right: Samuel Larson, Gara [?] Klopp Olson, Lilly Lehman, Marie Qualley, Sena Larson Back row, left to right: Laura Gilbert, Louis Larson, Sophie Dock, William Larson
A portrait of Mrs. William M. Harrison, co-founder of Jones-Harrison Residence, which was established in 1888 by the Women's Christian Association. The Jones-Harrison Residence is believed to be Minnesota's longest continuously operating home to seniors.
A portrait of Judge E.H. Jones, co-founder of Jones-Harrison Residence, which was established in 1888 by the Women's Christian Association. The Jones-Harrison Residence is believed to be Minnesota's longest continuously operating home to seniors.
A duplicate portrait photograph of Nellie Weiss Bondy in her wedding dress. Nellie Weiss married Louis Bondy in 1886: the event is reputed to have been the first Jewish wedding in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives