Likely members of the same family, these young people pose for a snapshot with their bicycle,on a hard-packed dirt street somewhere on the West Side of St. Paul.
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Portrait photograph of children attending a child's birthday party. The families represented by the children in this photo where children of the first generation of Jewish settlers that had arrived at the turn of the century, mainly from Lithuania by way of Superior, Wisconsin. The Jewish community in Range towns was relatively tight-knit. Each of the larger towns, including Virginia, Hibbing, Chisholm and Eveleth had a synagogue at one time or another, and much of the community life revolved around activities related to them.
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These girls enjoyed a slumber party at the home of Ida and Helga Engleson. Their parents were William and Sarah Engleson, who lived in the West Side neighborhood in a home on State St.
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A photograph of men in suits sitting at long tables in a hall. In the 1920s, as a greater number of Jews began to work in downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul, social clubs sprang up to met their needs. In both cities, access to the existing clubs was limited to Gentiles. In 1908, a group of Jewish graduates from the University of Minnesota founded the Gymal Doled Club, named for the third and fourth letters of the Jewish alphabet. Gymal Doled absorbed other Jewish social clubs, and finally changed names in 1945 to the Standard Club, to reflect the American acculturation of its members.
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Portrait photograph of a large group of Hadassah members in costume. Founded in 1912, Hadassah is the second-oldest independent Jewish women's organization in the United States. Hadassah draws on both the ideology of Zionism and on women's sense of social responsibility to elicit support for Israel, youth activities and educational services. National programs that were implemented in Minnesota included "linen showers" for medical units, money collection for school lunch programs in Palestine, and providing Jewish-German children foster-homes in Palestine during WWII. Members also made time to play and socialize.
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A portrait photograph of the Minneapolis Talmud Torah football team. When plans for the new Talmud Torah building were being formulated in the mid 1910s, there was a groundswell of support for a facility that would include not only classrooms, but social and recreational space for young people in the community. There was a plea for funding for a Talmud Torah gymnasium. Public pressure resulted in several community organizations pledging to fund activities for teenaged boys and girls. The sports programs were overseen by a new administrative unit, the Talmud Torah Social Service department.
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A portrait photograph of the Minneapolis Talmud Torah football team. The Talmud Torah attempted to engage young people not only through studies, but through social activities including sports. This stems in part from the early affiliation of the school with the Jewish Family Welfare Association.
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Portrait of Harry Goldie He was an exceptional boxer; the first boxing coach for the University of Minnesota; and the developer for the Calhoun Beach Club, a Minneapolis architectural landmark.who was the first boxing coach at the University of Minnesota.
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Many graduates of the Minneapolis Talmud Torah stayed together socially after their Hebrew instruction was complete. Through participation in sports, men built social networks that served them in business and community activities. Activities were paid for jointly by individuals and community organizations, which encouraged people to join by relieving financial constraints.
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Queens from three Beth El fundraisers posed for this photograph, including Mrs. Louis Rubenstein on the left. The woman selling the greatest number of tickets to the event was named Queen.
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A group of boys and an adult at Sumner Field park. Sumner Field was a large commons area that served as a playing field for North Side neighborhood children. Recreational opportunities for children and young people were funded and organized by the Emanuel Cohen Center.
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Some members of Boy Scout Troop #86 pose outside wearing hats, sweaters and jackets during a fall outing. Scouting, like sports, served as a way for young men to grow up under the attention and scrutiny of adults in addition to their hard-working parents. Beth El Synagogue sponsored Troop #86.Other Minneapolis troops included troop #10 at Temple Israel and Troop #208 at Adath Jeshurun.
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Photograph showing a group of boys wearing baseball uniforms with baseball bats in the foreground. This group of boys probably played for a settlement house team. The uniforms they wear sport the letters "DTC": the scoreboard is in the background to the right. Settlement houses sponsored sports teams to attract boys to supervised activities as an alternative to hanging out on the street.
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Harry Goldie had an interesting career, which included amateur boxing, coaching, and real estate development. He spearheaded the creation of the Calhoun Beach Club. While the club was chartered in 1928 and building began in 1929, financing for it foundered during the Depression, and it didn't officially open until 1946. Goldie's dream for the club entailed an egalitarian social and athletic space that would welcome members regardless of race, religion or sex.
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Mrs. Louis Rubenstein posed for this portrait during the annual fundraiser. The woman selling the most tickets was named queen of the bazaar. Beth El Congregation was composed of younger members of the North Side Jewish community who were interested in reviving certain aspects of religious expression, including Torah study (in English) and Friday evening Shabbat services.
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A group of boys gather behind their seated instructor at Sumner Field park. Sumner Field was a large commons area on the North Side that served as a playing field for North Side neighborhood children. Recreational opportunities for children and young people were funded and organized by the Emanuel Cohen Center.
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Portrait photograph of the North High men's basketball team. North High had a large Jewish population from the turn of the century through the early 1960s.
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The Bearmans were a North Side family with a successful produce business. They sponsored a baseball team that played in the municipal league. Of note is the unidentified African-American player at the far left.
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A young Hyman Berman stands in his Boy Scout uniform holdng semaphores. Scouting was available to both boys and girls. Although scouting's intent was in part to Americanize participants through civic service and outdoor recreation, the sponsors of most all of the Jewish scout troops were synagogues.
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Portrait photograph of the Mercury basketball team in uniform. The Mercurys were the city and state basketball champs in the settlement house league in 1923. Max Winter is in the back row on the far left.
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Theresa (Ackerman) Berman standing in a field at Girl Scout Camp, Tee Pee Tonka, in Faribault. Jewish Girl and Boy Scout troops were primarily synagogue sponsored.
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A group of Beth El congregants dressed in costume. Beth El was founded by young people, many in their 20s. It was a congregation that, in addition to being "modern" in outlook and practice, enjoyed having fun.
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A group of young men and women stand and sit outside of a building at Christmas Lake. Sigma Alpha Mu (also known as "Sammy") fraternity was founded at City College in New York in 1909. Originally a Jewish fraternity, it remained so until the mid-1950s, when members from all backgrounds were accepted.
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Established in 1924, AZA (Aelph Zedik Aelph) is the fraternity component of BBYO (B'nai Brith Youth Organization) for high school aged Jewish boys. The acronym stands for Ahavah (fraternal love), Tzedakah (benevolence), and Ahdoot (harmony). Photograph taken at the Lowry Hotel in St. Paul.
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The Lipschultz family sitting on a blanket outdoors. Frema Lipschultz is flanked by her two daughters, Rose (left) and Ruth (far right), and her two grandchildren, Harold and Maurice.
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A group of women dressed in costume. Etheldoris Stein Grais sits in the background: in the back row, left to right, is Maddie Gerron, Gertrude Gottstein Stein, and Hia Sacks. Front row, left to right, is Beatrice Nildes, Etta Hallock and Rose Shapiro. Dress-up parties were popular informal social events thrown by female friends, or occasionally by women's organizations. Parties offered an opportunity to dress out of character, socialize, and enjoy each other's company. Costumes could be lavish, symbolic or simple. Participants often dressed as men, brides or babies.
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Portrait photograph showing men associated with the Mercury Athletic Club. The Mercury Club was founded in 1930 as the Wells Mercurys, a boy's and girl's athletic club affiliated with the North Side Well Settlement House.
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Two young boys concentrate on the chess board while a group of children look on. Children's and young people's programming was held at the J. E. C. Annex.
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The Minneapolis Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women was founded in 1894 by Nina Morais Cohen. Cohen was a nationally recognized leader: when Susan B. Anthony came to Minneapolis, she stayed at Nina and Emanuel Cohen's home. The N. C. J. W. is a volunteer organization working for social change based upon Jewish values. In its earliest years, volunteers worked in settlement houses, acted as juvenile court advocates, helped provide vocational training for immigrant and poor women and girls, and helped develop free school-based health services. Fanny Brin is second from the right.
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A publicity photograph showing arts and crafts activates for kids enrolled at "Stay at Home Camp", a successful summer camp developed by the Jewish Center Activities Association, for the growing number of families joining the J. E. C. The J. C. A. A. was the Jewish Education Center's programming arm.
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Boys use a clothes ringer while an adult supervises in the background. Perhaps the kids at camp used the clothes ringer to dry out bathing suits? Stanley Calof is the boy at the hand crank.
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The Aurora Club for Young Women was sponsored by the Emanuel Cohen Center on Minneapolis's North Side. The club provided recreational and social opportunities for young Jewish women in the neighborhood.
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The Alpha Omega Club was a Minneapolis young people's social club. Worth noting is Sam Finkelstein, seated at center. Finkelestein was a driving force behind the success of the South Side Neighborhood House. The community center was modeled after St. Paul's Neighborhood House, providing a place where the community's children and young people could play sports and engage in social and practical activities.
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Portrait photograph of members of the Polar Club. The Polar Club was an organization of young boys and teens founded in 1931 through the Emanuel Cohen Center. The Polars organized sporting events and teams.
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Portrait photograph of a group of young men and women in fine dress. The Thirteen Spades was purely a social club where couples met for dinner and dancing. Social clubs could be more formal, emphasizing cultural content or creating business connections.
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A brochure for Sophie Wirth Camp. Sophie Wirth Camp was founded in 1912 and sponsored by the St. Paul Section of the National Council of Jewish Women. Costs were kept down with N. C. J. W. subsidies, allowing low income children and their mothers a week of respite from heat and city life.
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Council Camp was establish in 1937 in Hinckley and moved in 1949 to Aitkin. Council Camp began as a W. P. A. program site: The Jewish Camping Program oversaw that at least 1/3 of the campers were low-income.
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Men and boys playing table tennis on Center Day. Sports and recreational activities took place at the Annex, an old house and yard next door to the J. E. C. The Annex remained in use until 1940, when deteriorating conditions caused it to close.
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A group of children sit on the steps of the J. E. C. dressed for a fall outing. The Jewish Educational Center was the precursor to the St. Paul Jewish Community Center. It served as a recreation and education, and by 1939 over 100 community groups, including Boy and Girl Scouts, a theater company, and two orchestra were using the facility.
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Children standing outside of the Jewish Educational Center in handmade costumes. The Jewish Educational Center was the precursor to the St. Paul J. C. C. It served as a recreation and education center, and by 1939 over 100 community groups, including Boy and Girl Scouts, a theater company, and two orchestras were using the facility.
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A group of children and adults playing deck tennis. Kid's attended Center Day at the end of August before school began for a final round of play unimpeded by school or homework.
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A photograph of parade winner, Nancy Goldberg with Mrs. Harry Zeesman. Doll and buggy parades were a popular activity for little girls to enter during the J. E. C. Center Days in late summer. Children would participate in games and contests, and adults would display projects and crafts from adult education classes.
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The Polars Club basketball team, sponsored by the Emanuel Cohen Center in North Minneapolis. The E. C. C. had no gym: games were played at settlement houses in other parts of the city with gymnasiums. E. C. C. games were played at the Wells Settlement House, which primarily served the North Side Finnish community.
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A group of boys playing billiards outside while other boys look on. Camp Sophie Wirth operated from 1911-1943. It was founded and run by the St. Paul chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women. It offered low cost recreational and rest opportunities for immigrant women and their children.
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Oak Ridge Country Club was chartered by several prominent Jewish businessmen who had been denied membership in existing Twin Cities clubs. Initially, there had been a movement in the local Jewish community for a Twin Cities club, but when that proved undoable, Minneapolitans selected the Hopkins site (St. Paul golfers founded Hillcrest Country Club). Oak Ridge opened in July, 1921.
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Swimmers playing in the water at Sophie Wirth Camp in White Bear Lake. Camp Sophie Wirth operated from 1911-1943. It was founded and run by the St. Paul chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women. It offered low cost recreational and rest opportunities for immigrant women and their children.
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A group of young people standing in front of an automobile with two canoes strapped to the roof. Council Camp was establish in 1937 in Hinckley and moved in 1949 to Aitkin. Council Camp began as a W. P. A. program site: the Jewish Camping Program oversaw that at least 1/3 of the campers were low-income. Though non-sectarian, Council Camp was based on Jewish principles, including Shabbat observance and traditional meals.
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The picnic was held at Bass Lake, and provided an opportunity for butchers throughout the Twin Cities and the region to socialize. Picnics appear to have been held well into the 50s. The woman in the back row was not likely to have been a butcher, as it was not considered to be women's work.
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Photograph of a group of boys, wearing jackets and hats and holding a football. John Hay School was the elementary school for many Jewish families living on the North Side neighborhood from the 1920s through the 60s.
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Oak Ridge Country Club was chartered by several prominent Jewish businessmen who had been denied membership in existing Twin Cities clubs. Initially, there had been a movement in the local Jewish community for a Twin Cities club, but when that proved undoable, Minneapolitans selected the Hopkins site (St. Paul golfers founded Hillcrest Country Club.) Oak Ridge opened in July, 1921.
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This group of neighbors would meet informally at members' houses over the years. Their connection was geographic (North Side) rather than congregational (synagogue-related).
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Boys leaning againt an automobile while another boy leans out of the window behind them. These boys are enrolled in "Stay At Home Camp" a successful summer camping program that allowed St. Paul kids to engage in camp activities in the Hill neighborhood.
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A group of unidentified men and women sitting in front of the Jewish Educational Center. By the time this photo was taken, there were over one hundred groups affiliated with the J. E. C. (Jewish Educational Center).
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Young Judea Trailblazers were just one of several teams that participated in Minneapolis community inter-league play. Pictured are: Shel Stryker, Al Vorspan, Bud Helper, Ed Firestone, Irv Pinsky, Rueb Kaplan, Marsh Drucker.
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Double-sided brochure for Champlin's Fishing Lodge on Basswood Lake in Ely, Minnesota. The front has photographs of the lake with a boat, and a closeup of fish. The back shows photographs of the lake and cabins as well as a general highway map. ""Selected Clientele"" is highlighted.
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Part of a double -sided brochure for the resort Burntside Lodge in Ely, Minnesota. Included are photographs of Burntside Lake, a general map and marked, Restricted Clientele.
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This is a tri-fold Brochure for Ruttger's Lodge. Included are train schedules to Deerwood, rates, accommodations, and photographs. ""clientele carefully restricted"" is noted. Brochure is cut off.
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This tri-fold brochure for Gitche Gumee Lodge in Lutsen, Minnesota, describes things to see and do, rates, area, and includes a general map. The brochure has been cut off.
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This is a tri-fold brochure for Glenmar Lodge on Woman Lake in Longville, Minnesota. It includes a photograph, map of surrounding cities, special attractions, and rates. ""Clientele carefully restricted"" is noted.
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This is a four panel brochure for Grand View Lodge on Gull Lake in Brainerd, Minnesota. Included is a general map of Minnesota with cities and miles, a close-up map of the lakes around Nisswa, Minnesota. The reverse includes photographs and lodge descriptions and rates. ""In Arizona,...riangle W Ranch at Wickenburg, and Desert Willow Sun Ranch at Tucson"" is noted.
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This is a folding brochure for Kilkare Lodge and Cottages, Birch Island Lake, in Spooner, Wisconsin. It includes many photographs, a discription of the lodge, and a general map of Wisconsin with a close-up of Birch Island Lake.""Kilkare Lodge Caters to a Carefully Restricted Guest List"" is at the bottom.
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Letter to Minnesota Arrowhead Association from Erwin Oreck about "Restricted clientele" noted on a brochure for Gitchi Gumee Lodge in Lutsen, Minnesota.
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This is a tri-fold brochure for Madden Lodge on Pine Beach Gull Lake, Brainerd, Minnesota. Included is a general map of Gull Lake and surrounding cities, photographs of lodges and outside, and descriptions of the lodge. ""Clientele Carefully Selected"" is noted. Brochure is cut off.
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This tri-fold brochure, in two pages (two of two)for Ruttger's Pine Beach Lodge includes photographs of Gull Lake and inside the lodges, train schedules, general map, as well as descriptions of food and service and affiliations. ""Clientele Carefully Restricted"" is noted.
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This tri-fold brochure, in two pages (one of two)for Ruttger's Pine Beach Lodge includes photographs of Gull Lake and inside the lodges, train schedules, general map, as well as descriptions of food and service and affiliations. ""Clientele Carefully Restricted"" is noted.
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This bi-fold brochure for Squaw Point Resort in Hillman, Minnesota includes maps, photographs, rates, and describes accommodations. ""Clientele Carefully Selected"" is noted.
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This tri-fold brochure inculdes general Wisconsin map, map of lakes pasted on, photographs, rates, train schedules, and description of accommodations. ""Selected Clientel"" is noted. Brochure is cut off.
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This is the first and last page of a brochure that comprises two pages folded in half. This section describes the hotel and facilities. It has been cut off.
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This is the second page insert of a brochure that comprises two pages folded in half. This section gives the address, surrounding location, pictures of the beach, beadroom, and dinning room. It has been cut off.
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A photograph of members of the J. C. C. group theater performing on stage. The theater group was formally known as the "Grotto Players. The play being preformed is "The Golden City."
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Temple Emanuel was the first Jewish congregation in Duluth. Founded in 1891, it was a Reform Congregation. Temple Emanuel merged with Tifereth Israel to form Temple Israel.
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Children are getting into costume and make-up in this publicity photo for the Stay at Home Camp Circus at the Saint Paul Jewish Education Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Two boys play ping pong while a group of children look on. In 1936, the J. E. C. annexed an adjacent home to be used for children's groups and arts and crafts classes. The annex was closed in 1940 and activities shifted to Mt. Zion and Temple of Aaron.
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Adults and children walk through the entrance of the J. E. C. in this posed shot. This photograph is significant in that one of the principle funders of the Center, businessman and philanthropist George Kaplan is in the photo. The Jewish Educational Center was the precursor to the St. Paul J. C. C. It served as a recreation and education facility. And by 1939 over 100 community groups, including Boy and Girl Scouts; a theater company, and two orchestra were using the facility.
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Jewish servicemen stationed at Fort Snelling and from as far away as Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Colorado; received a free membership to the J. E. C. during World War II. The center carried on the tradition of free memberships to Jewish soldiers begun in World War I.
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A group of young men in basketball uniforms stand with their coach for this photograph. The programming arm of the J. E. C., known as the Jewish Center Activities Association, oversaw social and recreational activities at the Center.
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Council Camp provided a summer retreat for Jewish teens. It was administered by the Emanuel Cohen Center. Seated at front is Rhoda (Green) Lewin and behind her, Louis Kahn.
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Edith Marofsky and niece Beattie Marofsky at the Winter Carnival in Como Park in St. Paul. Edith is wearing a drum & bugle corps uniform manufactured by H. Harris Co., one of several Jewish-owned clothing manufacturing businesses in St. Paul.
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The boys basketball team pictured in uniform with their coach. The Emanuel Cohen Center had no gym: games were played at settlement houses in other parts of the city with gymnasiums. E. C. C. games were often played at the Wells Settlement House, which served the North Side's Finnish community.
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A group of young women stand outside the sorority house. The Sigma Delta Tau sorority was founded by seven young women at Cornell University in 1917. The seven had had been denied membership into other Greek organizations because they were Jewish.
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A tri-fold brochure for Crescent Park Resort in Chetek, Wisconsin discribes their amenities, such as fishing and their cabins. Restricted Clientele is noted. Reservation card is attached.
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Two girls and a boy stand outside of Desnick's Drug Store laughing. Desnick's was a neighborhood hub, close to schools, car and foot busy Plymouth Ave.
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Joyce Oglansky sits in the snow wearing a coat, scarf and snow pants. The North Side neighborhood was a place where neighbors knew each other and would keep an eye on kids at play.
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A group of high school ladies and men, in formal wear, pose with chaperones for a picture at the Lammies dance. Phi Alpha Lambda--better known as the "Lammies"-- was a high school sorority for Jewish girls.
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This letter to "All Resort Operators" from Verne E. Joslin at the Minnesota State Tourist Bureau informs operators about Chapter 579, Laws 1943 in which it is a "gross misdemeanor to discriminate on account of race, color, national origin or religion."
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Interior view of the Crystal Terrace Nightclub with people chatting at the bar and Charlie Green standing in front of the glass block windows to the left. The Crystal Terrace was an elegant and popular dining and dancing spot in Duluth owned by the Green family.
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