Darmstadt (Germany)

Abstract This item is Bella Levi Loeb's report card book. The book spans from Autumn 1899 to Spring 1904. The cover is brown and patterned, and the cover reads "Viktoria-Schule zu Darmstadt. B. Levye." [Victoria School of Darmstadt. B. Levi.]. The first page reads "Zeugnisheft fuer die Schuelerin der Victoriaschule: Bella Levye." [Report for the student of the Victoria School: Bella Levi.]. The next page has a list of "Zeugnispraedikate" which is the key or legend for the grading symbols used. The...

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Box contains documents, letters, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to the Loeb family.

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Box contains Ernest Loeb's Bronze Star Medal and Certificate, one (1) Loeb family scrapbook, three (3) framed photographs, one (1) 1947 diary, two (2) German ID cards, two (2) German passports, and one (1) passport cover.

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Box contains (1) Rosh Hashana Prayer book in Hebrew from 1827, (1) Holy Book of Scriptures in English from 1947, and (1) report card book belonging to Bella Levi Loeb from 1899-1904.

Abstract Photograph is printed as a postcard. The back of the postcard reads "Postkarte". The picture on the front is of Emil Loeb sitting beside several bouquets of flowers. There are several framed pictures, including one that says "25" surrounded by a circular design; "Portrait of Georg Giese", a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1532 hangs on the wall; a framed picture of two girls sewing that reads "Guetterman's Naehseide ist die beste" which is an advertisement for a German sewing thread...

Abstract Photographs show Emil Loeb's store in Darmstadt, Germany. The photos are not of the same storefront. The smaller photograph shows the outside of a storefront with a young man standing in the doorway, and two identical signs on the storefront itself. The signs read "Kurz - Weiss - Woll - & Strumpfwaren" on top and "Garne en gros - Emil Loeb - Trikotagen En gros". This roughly translates to "Course - White - Wool - & Hoisery" and "Yarn Wholesale (in large amounts) - Emil Loeb - Cotton...

Abstract Document is an alternate birth certificate issued by the Darmstadt government. The document is titled "Geburtsurfunde", meaning birth certificate, although it was issued 15 years after he was born. The document lists Ernest Loeb's full name, birthday, father's name, mother's name, and the date (17 January 1939). It has a paper stamp that says "Stadt Darmstadt" (meaning "Darmstadt city"), "Gebuehr" (meaning "fee"), and a value of 0.60 Reichmarks. This physical stamp is stamped over in ink...

Abstract This document is a medical certificate for Ernest Loeb. At the top it reads "Aerztliches Zeugnis", meaning medical certificate. It then states in German "It is hereby certified that Mr. Ernst Israel Loeb, born 10 July 1924, resident of Darmstadt, [is] not suffering from contagious disease, mental illness, leprosy, elephantiasis, cancer, tuberculosis; is not blind or dumb, nor is still suffering from a long-term incapacity to work. [He] Is vaccinated against smallpox on: 29 March 1939....

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This is a framed photograph of a child. The frame is thick and gold. The back of the frame has a sticker that reads "Jakob Koenig Kunsthandlung [art treatment] Einrahmungs-Geschaeft [created entirely in] Darmstadt Elisabethenstr.30 [Elisabethen Street 30]". The picture itself is in black and white, and shows a young child, probably Ernest Loeb, making the picture from the mid to late 1920s.

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This is a framed photo of a woman and a baby. The frame itself is gold and has some scuffs and chips. On the back of the frame is written "Emil Loeb" in pencil. The photograph is stamped with "Kuebeler FEC. Ludwig-Str. Darmstadt." The photograph itself is in black and white, and shows a woman looking into a bassinet at a baby, presomably Emil Loeb, dressed in white. If the baby is Emil Loeb, that would make the photograph from around 1881.