Artifacts
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
- Title
- Artifacts Collection
- ID
- 0016.123.001
- Date [bulk]
- Bulk, 1850-1950
- Date [inclusive]
- 1800-1982
- Extent
- 100.0 Cubic feet 7 Boxes, Films, oversized boxes, objects
- Language
- English
Scope and Contents note
Box 1:
3 buttons: Soviet Jews, Council of Jewish Women, and Star of David
Stamp, Hebrew ladies free Loan Society, c. 1900
Shofar picture
G. Fox tags, Kashman’s wooden advertisement plague
2 advertising plates of Nathan Baggish bakery, c. 1915
Child’s tallit
Skullcap from Eastern Europe early 1800s
Hand embroidered matzo cover and Passover saltcellar
Wimple of William Rothschild, c. 1860
Hand embroidered tallit bag
Tefflin bag, c. 1895
Trowel from Aguda Achim groundbreaking 1928
Stamps from Aladdin shop, c. 1930
2 hat pins, c. 1910
Bottle caps from crown Market
Button hook
Lead dreidle
Peddler license, 1915
Hand made teffilin bags c. 1850 one with tefilin
Shoe horn, c. 1915
Ten Commandments written head of a pin
Tzedakah boxes
Yeshiva of Hartford
Palestine Orphanage
Jewish children’s service organization, 1915-1920
South End Hebrew women’s talmud/torah
B’nai Brith Ararat Lodge cup dated
Kiddush cup from golden wedding
Large Tallit
Political buttons and Israel Independence button
Greater Hartford Baseball League 1974 button
Eye glasses in gold frame
2 High Holiday, Rosh Hashanah
Women’s Night cap
Box 2:
Prayer book, c. 1855
Haggadah Haggadah, c. 1896, donated by Hebrew Home
Elbert Weinberg’s dress
Feather used by Sophie Tucker
Matzo cover
Ribbon for dedication of Buckley Bridge 1908
Shawl, c. 1850
Tefellin in bag
Annie fisher purse fan and handkerchief case
Crocheted sign Jewish Historical Society, 1982
Teffilin and bag, 1905
Two sets of Teffelin
Two prayer books
Book of Psalms, 1848
Russian boot
“Keren Ami” box
Box 3:
3 wine decanters
1 Wedgwood (light blue) covered candy dish
1 teapot with sugar and creamer
Shaving mugs
Box 4:
1. Rubiyat of Omer Kyam in Yiddish
2. 3 prayer books for World War II Servicemen
3. Prayers/blessing book for wedding, 1938
4. Kid curlers made from scraps of leather by farmer in Colchester for extra income
5. Corner stone box talmud torah, 1912
6. 2 glasses from Yellin Saloon
7. New Britain federation Seal
8. Promotional Mug Smirnoff mule
9. Wooden nickel
10. Silver loving cup to Daniel C. Melrose, 1923
11. Emanuel religions school award, c. 1951
12. Door handle, Florence Street Synagogue
13. Medal from John Hay Lodge
14. Commemorative plated, 20th Anniversary of Rabbi P. Lazowsky
15. Florence Nightingale club pin, c. 1930
16. Mother’s day card
17. Hartford Alderman’s badge
18. Jewish War rally Banner, 1918
19. Lodge certificates, Knight of Pythias, 1905
20. Red Cross book donor’s card, 1942
21. Square dancing badge
22. Max Yaffe award ad booklet, moved to JWV artifact box
23. Shoor foundation seal
24. Genesis translation
25. Campaign button; Ribicoff, Schaffer
26. Israeli key ring
27. Button from Hebrew home
28. 1933 Yale button
29. Retired policeman badge Hartford, 1950
30. Oil lamp
31. Kashman’s promotional items
32. Pitcher from Israel
33. Trowel, Mt Sinai Hospital, 1948
34. Trowel, Hebrew women’s home for children, 1928
35. Stamp, Hebrew Ladies Free Loan Association
36. Anniversary plated, 50th Emmanuel Synagogue
37. Midrasha banner and two t-shirts
Box 5:
Bertha Seide Cohan’s wedding dress
Box 6:
Hand-made matzah cover
Box 7:
Army uniform WWI
Film: On Shelf (Oversized)
2011.01 “Jews in Early Hartford,”16mm film, release print
2011.02 “About People: Jews of Hartford 1900-1925,” 16mm film
2011.03 “Mission to Israel” 16mm film, 1953-4
2011.04 “About People: Greater Hartford Section-NCJW Justice for Children-TV Panel, moderated by Norma Schatz
Administrative Information
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford
333 Bloomfield AvenueWest Hartford, Connecticut, 06117-1500
860-727-6171
ekafer@jewishhartford.org
Processing Information note
Other artifacts associated with particular collections are listed as part of those collections.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Politics
- Religious objects
Subject(s)
- Haggadah
- Teffilin
- Tucker, Sophie
- Jewish War Veterans
