About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0071
  • TitleWherefore on this night
  • SummaryCaption: "Wherefore on this night...--Naftalie Adler (right), one time fugitive from the Nazis and veteran of the Battle of France, beams proudly on his son, Malcolm, 6, reciting the four questions of the family's first seder in America. Others (left to right) are Nettie Adler, Joseph Miller, Mrs. Frieda Miller, Mrs. Millie Adler, and Malcolm and Alfred Adler."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 14, 1949; on caption: "Eagle photo by Dan Fox." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJudaism -- Customs and practices -- New York (State) -- New York ; Passover ; Seder
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Holidays: Jewish: Passover