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  • Title[Yeshivah u-metivta Atse Hayim-Siget]
  • Call NumberHERZ_0587
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of brownstone facade of Yeshivah u-Metivta {u2018}Atse Hạyim [Trees of Life] Siget,̣ a boys' elementary-high school in Williamsburg with large sign in Hebrew between first and second floors with attached building on left; Hasidic man and boy, three garbage cans and small tree in foreground.
  • 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. Title supplied by cataloger, from translation of sign on image.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectBrownstone buildings ; Jewish religious schools ; Refuse and refuse disposal ; Signs [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.