Philadelphia (Pa.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Bela Fried, 1892
Item
Identifier: B063.08.0008.00066
Abstract
Studio portrait of Bela Fried.
Dates:
1892
Bella Lewitzky Dance Company, 1974
Item
Identifier: D002.01.0001.0050.00001
Abstract
Dancers of the Bella Lewitzky Dance Company perform in the production of Lewitzky's ''Spaces Between.''
Dates:
1974
Dr. Charles Spivak and Jennie Charsky in Philadelphia, 1892 September
Item
Identifier: B250.01.0003.00001
Abstract
Dr. Charles David Spivak and his fiancee, Jennie Charsky, pose for a studio photograph in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in September 1892. The picture was taken the day before Jennie left to attend college at Cornell University. Dr. Charles Spivak was the longtime secretary of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). After the couple moved to Colorado in 1896, Jennie completed her college degree at the University of Denver. She later taught Russian language classes at the University for...
Dates:
1892 September
Isadore Elkan and Anna Freudenthal Solomon, 1997
File
Identifier: B111.09.0009.0012
Scope and Contents
I. E. (Isadore Elkan) Solomon was born on May 23, 1841 in Kruschwitz, Prussia and moved to Pennsylvania in 1858. He became a US citizen in 1865 and married Anna Freudenthal in 1872 after meeting her in Poland. They moved to Arizona with their three children in 1876, opening a store shortly afterward in the town that came to be known as Solomonville. The town grew, and the Solomon Commercial Company incorporated more and more items and industries, selling automobiles and opening a flour mill,...
Dates:
1997
National Board Member Photographs, 1969
File
Identifier: B360.03.0032.0048
Abstract
Five b/w photographs of national board members. Three are marked from 1969 Philadelphia council.
Dates:
1969
Philadelphia, 1890-2008
File
Identifier: B250.01.0001.0003
Abstract
Photographs and copies of photographs of the home where Spivaks lived in Philadelphia, copies of correspondence, and article on Michael Valentine Ball.
Dates:
1890-2008
Photographs - Auxilaries, 1950-1980
File
Identifier: B360.03.0032.0050
Abstract
Portrait and event photographs from national auxillary groups.
Dates:
1950-1980
Spivak Family Papers and Art
Collection
Identifier: B250
Abstract
Dr. Charles Spivak was born in Russia in 1861 and died in Denver, Colorado in 1927. He arrived in New York City in 1882 and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1893, Charles Spivak married Jennie Charsky. Because of Jennie's poor health the Spivaks moved to Denver in 1896. Dr. Spivak was a co-founder of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) and was the executive secretary from 1904 until 1927. Haim David Spivak, son of Dr. Charles and Jennie...
Dates:
1861-2010
The Royal Ballet, 1957 October 16
Item
Identifier: D004.01.0008.00009
Abstract
Souvenir program for the Royal Ballet's performance on Wednesday, October 16, 1957 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia (Pa.). Principal performers: Margot Fonteyn, Rowena Jackson, Nadia Nerina Svetlana MacMillan, Michael Somes, Brian Shaw, Philip Chatfield, Mary Drage...[et. al.]. Presented by: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Ltd. in association with The Arts Council of Great Britain. Works performed include: Birthday Offering (specially composed by Frederich Ashton to mark the...
Dates:
1957 October 16
The Sleeping Beauty, 1971 October 3
Item
Identifier: D004.01.0008.0012.00001
Abstract
House program for the National Ballet's performance of Tchaikowsky's Sleeping Beauty on October 3, 1971 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Presented by the National Ballet. Sponsors: All Star-Forum.
Dates:
1971 October 3