About This Item

  • Call NumberBJHP_0493
  • TitleCharles Rudoy family. Photograph of Midwood High School teacher taken by her student.
  • SummaryPortrait photograph of high school teacher Molly Winston, inscribed in pencil on back: "Photo made by Midwood High School student, 1942."
  • Date1942
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, PDF, black and white
  • Genreblack-and-white photographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Digitized documents donated by Charlie Rudoy in 2021. Collected through the Brooklyn Collection Jewish History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded by the David Berg Foundation.
  • Biographical NoteMolly (nee Ellerstein) and William Winston (b. Russia, June 7, 1892) married on July 1, 1921. Lived in Brooklyn at 993 Carroll Streeet. William sold insurance and Molly was a teacher at Midwood High School. They had two children: Carol (b. 1923) and Stuart (b. 1925). Carol married Bertram Rudoy on January 23, 1943 and had four children: James Leslie (b. March 24, 1949), Peter (b. August 1, 1952), Jane Elizabeth (b. April 8, 1955) and Kathy Ellen (b. December 13, 1956.)
  • CreatorRudoy, Charles
  • SubjectJews--United States ; High school teachers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Jewish History Project
  • Place[Location unknown]
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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