About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0072
  • TitleSacred and ancient ritual
  • SummaryCaption: "Sacred and ancient ritual of Seder was observed last night in Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged, 871 Bushwick Ave., as aged Brooklynites once again commemorate exodus of the Children of Israel from a tyrannical Pharaoh's Egypt."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Apr. 2, 1950. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • 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