About This Item
- TitleDay before Yom Kippur
- Call NumberHERZ_0377
- Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryClose-up of two Hasidic men standing on Williamsburg sidewalk, on day before Yom Kippur, behind table covered with books and bags; man on left is gesturing with left hand and man on right has left hand on hat; both men have paper bags under their right arms; sign in Yiddish on building behind them, presumably a bath house, reads: "Sweat bath."
- Date1965
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date stamped: May, 1965; photographer's stamp. On verso: "Prayer books and soft slippers sold in the streets." Title from inscription on verso.
- CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
- SubjectHasidim ; Peddling
- 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.