Kaplan family

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Framed Photograh of Adelle Trauke Kaplan, circa 1890

Item

Identifier: B188.01.0001.00001

Abstract

A gold tone photograph of Adele Tranke Kaplan mounted with an oval mat in a rectangle frame. It has a metal loop at top edge for hanging. Belonged to the Kaplan family.

Dates: circa 1890

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B188, Kaplan Family Religious Objects and Photograph / Religious Objects and Photograph / Box 1

Yahrzeit (Remembrance) Lamp, circa 1950

Item

Identifier: B188.01.0001.00002

Abstract

A bronze colored electrical lamp base. Remembrance lamps are designed to keep a Yahrzeit light burning on the day of Yahrzeit (''Time of Year'' in Yiddish). This day observes the anniversary of the death of a parent and other relatives for whom the rites of mourning are carried out. The base is inscribed: ''In Loving Memory''.

Dates: circa 1950