About This Item

  • TitleRitual slaughterer
  • Call NumberHERZ_0689
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of Hasidic man, a shohet (ritual slaughterer), wearing blood-spattered white coat with several crates, presumably containing chickens, on far left.
  • Date1969
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Sept., 1969; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectHasidim ; Jews -- Dietary laws ; Judaism -- Customs and practices ; Shehitah ; Slaughtering and slaughter-houses
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • 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.