About This Item


  • Call NumberBJHP_0236
  • SummaryFamily posing in front of administration building in Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Back ro: left to right, Bert Rudoy, Carol Rudoy, William Winston, unknown young woman, Molly Ellerstein. Front row: two unknown children.
  • Date[1943?]
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPEG, black-and-white
  • Creator[unknown]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Jewish History Project
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Jewish History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatstill image
  • Genreblack-and-white photographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Digitized photograph donated by Charles Rudoy on January 8, 2021. Collected through the Brooklyn Jewish History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded by the David Berg Foundation.
  • SubjectFamilies
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleCharles Rudoy family. Family posing in front of building in Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
  • Biographical NoteMolly (nee Ellerstein) and William Winston (b. Russia, June 7, 1892) married on July 1, 1921. Lived in Brooklyn at 993 Carroll Streeet. William sold insurance and Molly was a teacher at Midwood High School. They had two children: Carol (b. 1923) and Stuart (b. 1925). Carol married Bertram Rudoy on January 23, 1943 and had four children: James Leslie (b. March 24, 1949), Peter (b. August 1, 1952), Jane Elizabeth (b. April 8, 1955) and Kathy Ellen (b. December 13, 1956.)