Members are gathered in front of Mott Hall at the Minnesota Institute for Defectives (Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded). The 4th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 23-26, 1896. The man sitting in the front row, third from the left, is Olof Hanson. The man with white hair and a white mustache sitting in the center of the front row is Superintendent Jonathan L. Noyes. The man sitting to the left of Superintendent Noyes is Dr. James L. Smith. Sitting to the right of Superintendent Noyes are Anson Spear, Elizabeth Noyes, Charles Thompson, and Alice Noyes Smith (daughter of Superintendent Noyes and Elizabeth Noyes). The woman standing behind Elizabeth Noyes is Margaret Brooks, who met Charles Thompson at this convention and then became his wife.
Members are gathered in front of Noyes Hall at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. The 11th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Faribault during June 13-16, 1911. The man standing in the center of the front row, to the right of two little children, is President Anton Schroeder. The man standing in the front row on the right end is Dr. James L. Smith. To the left of Anton Schroeder is an unknown woman, an unknown man holding a hat, and then Louis Albert Roth standing behind that unknown man.
Members are gathered outside in front of a monument-like structure. The 10th Convention of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf was held in Minneapolis during June 30-July 2, 1909. The man standing on the left side, to the left of a woman with a hat full of flowers and a noticeable belt buckle, is Dr. James L. Smith. To the right of Dr. Smith are the unknown woman with the flower hat, an unknown child, an unknown woman, and then Louis Albert Roth in a dark jacket and tie. The man with a thick dark mustache and beard in the back, near the center, is Anson Spear. To the right of Anson Spear (in the same row) are two unknown women and then Anton Schroeder. To the right of Anson Spear is an unknown woman with a bow tie, and then standing in front of her is Jay Cooke Howard (bald man).
The Atlas Club was one of several Jewish social clubs in the Twin Cities operating during the early 1900s to the 1920s. The clubs were a response to the fact that "downtown" social clubs such as the Athletic Clubs would not admit Jews. The Atlas Club was absorbed into Gymea Doled in 1919. Unfortunately, there is no additional information on Rhoda and Harry Hirsch, the "World's Greatest Entertainers."
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
In addition to activities for children, the St. Paul JCC undertook programming for the increasing number of seniors at the end of the war. These seniors are part of the Golden Circle Group, which provided a place for older adults to socialize and learn together.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Members of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, St. Paul Division No. 61, are gathered in the auditorium at the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. The members in front are holding a banner flag with the N.F.S.D. logo and words that read: "St. Paul No. 61." The man sitting in the front row, sixth from the left, is Anton Schroeder, a successful deaf inventor.
Members of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, St. Paul Division No. 61, are gathered in the auditorium at the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall. Two members in front are holding a sign that reads: "St. Paul Division No. 61, Come & see the land of 10,000 beautiful lakes in 1924." This is part of a promotion for the national convention that they will host in 1924. A newspaper clipping with this image (not shown) reads: "Group taken at St. Paul Division Smoker, December 1, 1922" and "The Division has 116 members, 70 are in the picture." Sitting on the floor in the front row, from left to right, are James S.S. Bowen, Max Cohen, B.L. Winston, Joe Stuart, Frank Holton, Erik Engh, August Brueske, Edward Hauwiller, and Anton Schroeder. Sitting in the second row, from left to right, are John Joseph McNeill, Jay Cooke Howard, Fred McNabb, Robert Oelschlager, Ray Fiedler, Art Huebner, William Henneman, Fred Brant, John Langford, Phillip Earl Cadwell, John A. Benolkin, Jens Hansen, Fred Pape, Gus Torgerson, Albert Ekberg, and H. O'Neil. Standing together in the third and fourth rows, from left to right (in order of appearance), are Leo Wolter, Charles Mansfield, Victor Trost, Matthew Mies, Edmond Nadeau, Joe Walser (with white tie), Arnsen Morneau, Ernest Chenvert, Wesley Lauritsen, Martin Klein, Ray Inhofer, Wallace Anderson (in front of Ray Inhofer), Herman von Hippel, Mike Harrer, Alby Peterson (with glasses), Anthony (Tony) Garbarino, Elwyn Dubey, Edward Bergman (with tie with horizontal stripes), Irwin Dubey, E. Swangren, John Staska, Henry E. Bruns (with mustache), Joe Capp, and William O'Neill. The man standing in back on the left end, next to the American flag banner, is Clinton Jones. The two men standing in back on the right end, next to the American flag banner, from left to right, are Bryan Berke and Ralph Koch. In the fifth row, from left to right, are Edward Sampson (in front of stage archway paneling), David Hagerstrom, Ray Whitney, J. Howard Johnson, Walter Falmoe, Ernest Berger, Edward Strasser, Fred Peterson, Arthur Osking, and C. Bauer (in front of stage archway paneling). In the back (sixth) row, from left to right, are Charles Winter, Oscar Lauby, Paul E. Kees, Charles Santo, Alfred Peltier, Edwin Cleveland, Hans Saterlund, and Arthur Breen.
A typical Norwegian temperance district convention held in northwestern Wisconsin in the 1920s. Delegates from local socieities and people of the area would meet to hear speakers, music, and fellowship.
Photograph showing members of the Minneapolis Board of B'nai Brith Women posed outdoors. B'nai Brith Women was an international charitable organization founded in 1909 to give women a voice in B'nai Brith.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
A bird's eye view of people attending the Funtennial which was Hadassah's largest fundraising event. Essentially, Funtennial was a large-scale community carnival, with arcade-type games, a queen contest, door prizes, dancing and booths with food and crafts. Hundreds volunteered for the event, and for a decade between 1949 and 1959, thousands attended. Significant funds were raised, all of which went to Israel projects
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Bird's eye view of the Minneapolis Funtennial organized by Minneapolis Hadassah. One of the actions Hadassah supported was Youth Aliyah. Youth Aliyah began as a rescue and relief operation for children of Holocaust victims. These children were brought to Palestine during and after the war and settled in residential care. Over the decades, Youth Aliyah has provided services and homes for children and families from the soviet Union, Ethiopia and North Africa.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Photograph of men and women sitting at a long table set with coffee cup and water glasses. The Gymal Doled Club was a Minneapolis "town club"--an alternative to a "country club"--that provided opportunities for socializing without the attendant golf and status issues. Town clubs were secular in nature, organized to "develop…Jewish ideals and American patriotism." The Minneapolis-based club flourished long after its St. Paul counterpart disappeared. The staying power of Minneapolis clubs was due in part to aggressive anti-Semitism in Minneapolis, where Jews were excluded from many social and civic organizations. "Gymal" and "Doled" are the third and fourth letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Three women stand at a table with a large model house displayed on it. The Oak Park Home Auxiliary raised money for the Oak Park Home, also known as the Jewish Sheltering Home for Children. The Home was a beneficiary of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, but funds for operations were always tight and fundraising was an ongoing concern.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Panoramic photograph of Minnesota Odd Fellows Home at Northfield, Minnesota. Three-story brick building at left is labeled Old Folks Home and multi-story brick building at right in a Dutch style is labeled Children's Home. Both were built about 1900.
Edgerton's Modern Woodman of America Lodge members pose with a band. All members are wearing decorative ribbons on their coat lapels. No lodge members are identified. The Modern Woodmen of America is a fraternal benefit society founded in 1883.
Sophie Wirth Camp provided immigrant Jewish children with summer recreational opportunities and a chance to leave the city behind. The same opportunity was available to their mothers, who were periodically invited to join campers for a day on White Bear Lake. The camp served the St. Paul Jewish community. Minneapolis summer campers went to different camps.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Groups of women sit at tables during a Mount Sinai Auxiliary luncheon. The Auxiliary was both a fund-raising arm of Mt. Sinai Hospital and a leadership training ground for some of the women that spearheaded fundraising events. The Auxiliary's work pushed Jewish community visibility further into the general public awareness.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
A group photo includes friends and family celebrating Mr. And Mrs. A.J. Bohleen's silver wedding anniversary in Storden, Minnesota, 1908. Eva Turner and A. J. Bohleen were married in Moorhead August 9, 1883.
Photograph showing members of the National Jewish Workers Alliance Home standing in front of the meeting hall, which appears to be a personal home. N. J. W. A. was the Americanized name for the Farband. This is the second part of a two part photograph. See also mhs06636.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Photograph showing members of the National Jewish Workers Alliance Home standing in front of the meeting hall, which appears to be a personal home. N. J. W. A. was the Americanized name for the Farband. This is the second part of a two part photograph. See also mhs06636.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Photograph showing the front exterior of the Neighborhood House, which was the first settlement house in St. Paul serving the Jewish community. It was founded in 1897 by the women of Temple Mt. Zion as a place for newly arrived Eastern European immigrants to receive social and medical services.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Central Hillside; Funeral for fire chief Joseph Randall from Fourth Avenue East and First Street looking west; First Street is still a two-way street; people; cars; houses with porches and people; houses with small front yards with shrubs; street; sidewalks; buildings; aerial bridge; canal park; Hotel Duluth with intact cornice with lamps; Alworth building; view of harbor; Whitney Brothers Rock Crushing conveyor is visible in Lake Superior
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Morgan Park; workers' children and children from the St. James Orphanage enjoy a Christmas entertainment; a picture show; auditorium with chairs; hardwood floor; ceiling light; suspended ceiling lights; decorations; children; adults; pine boughs
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections