About This Item


  • Call NumberBJHP_0546
  • SummaryWilliam and Molly Winston seated in a field of flowers. Inscribed in pen on bottom margin: June 1, 1918.
  • Date1918
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, black and white
  • CreatorRudoy, Charles
  • CollectionBrooklyn Jewish History Project
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatstill image
  • Genreblack-and-white photographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Digitized documents donated by Charlie Rudoy in 2021. Collected through the Brooklyn family Jewish History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded by the David Berg Foundation.
  • SubjectJews--United States ; Couples
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleYoung couple seated in a field of flowers, embracing.
  • 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.)