About This Item

  • TitleHand-baked matzos
  • Call NumberHERZ_0711
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of elderly Hasidic woman standing in Williamsburg wearing white apron, holding rolling pin with right hand, and holding left hand up in front of face; it is assumed, from inscription, that she is making matzos. Behind her on wall is sign, "There should be no clothes hanging on the walls, Health Dep. of N. Y."
  • Date[196-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: photographer's stamp. On verso: "She rolls the dough, but does not want any picture taken." Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectHasidim ; Signs [lctgm]
  • 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.