About This Item

  • TitleBlessing the Sabbath candles
  • Call NumberHERZ_0709
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryElderly Hasidic woman standing in room with her hands in front of her face looking at candelabra with five candles lit standing on table with Calvert whisky bottle used as decanter of wine, wine cup, and embroidered cloth, with Yiddish characters, covering challah bread.
  • Date[196-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectCandelabras [lctgm] ; Decanters ; Hasidim ; Judaism -- Customs and practices ; Sabbath ; Wine [lctgm]
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.