| | Photograph Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Victoria Wesnitzer Photograph Album
| | | | Creator: | Wesnitzer, Victoria | | | | Dates: | 1940-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Victoria Wesnitzer was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, who attended St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School prior to entering Notre Dame Academy from which she graduated in 1921. During those years the Academy was located on Ansel Road in Cleveland, having recently moved from Superior Avenue and East 18th Street. After graduation she married Raymond Noonan. In 1931 she returned to her alma mater for her ten-year class reunion. She was a resident of Cleveland at the time of her death. The collection consists of a photograph album depicting scenes of plays performed at the Jewish Community Center primarily in the 1950s and 1960s with actress Luci Wolpaw; including Yoshe Kalk, In the Gloaming, All My Sons, Burning Bush, Grass Harp, and World of Sholom Aleichem. Other activities include a book signing by author Jo Sinclair and various individuals in costume. Individuals pictured include Rabbi Barnett Brickner, Luci Wolpaw, Tedd Burr, Nolan D. Bell, Mary Jane Nottage, Paul Jacobs, harry Wolpaw, mark Feder, Herman A. Eigen, Julie Kravitz, Sadie Eigen, Shirley Guralnik, Dr. William Shapero, Ruth Seid, and Libbie Braverman. | | | | Call #: | PG 370 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Wesnitzer, Victoria -- Photograph collections. | Jewish Community Center of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
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| Photograph Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Samuel Kleinman Family Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Kleinman, Samuel Family | | | | Dates: | 1900-1930 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel Kleinman (1893-1972) immigrated to the United States from Poland at the age of 12. He worked as a stagehand in Cleveland, Ohio, a profession he pursued until late in his life. He and his wife Dorothy were the parents of four sons, among them Jack Kleinman, a World War II veteran who was one of the benefactors of the Regensburg 12, a group of Jewish children who were displaced persons after the war and whom he helped to survive after the war ended. Another one of his sons was Bennett, who became a well-known lawyer. The collection consists of one photograph album. | | | | Call #: | PG 590 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Actors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Kleinman family | Kleinman, Samuel, 1893-1972 | Theater -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Theater, Yiddish -- Ohio -- Cleveland. / Theater, Yiddish.
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