About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0064
  • TitleThe Bretter family
  • SummaryCaption: "Celebrating their first Chanukah in this country are the bretter family, 160 Ross St., Brooklyn, who arrived in the United States early this year and have been helped to integrate themselves into American life by the New York Association for New Americans, a constituent agency of the United Jewish Appeal. (L. to R.): Mrs. Bretter, Thomas Bretter, 8, and Bela Bretter. ..." The image includes a fully lit Menorah on the table in the foreground.
  • Date[1954]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NotePhotographer's name stamped on verso. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • CreatorZwerling, Mike
  • SubjectFasts and feasts -- Judaism -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hanukkah -- New York (State) -- New York ; Jews -- New York (State) -- New York ; Menorah
  • 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: Chanukah