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Sholem Aleichem cabinet card portrait

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Title
Sholem Aleichem cabinet card portrait
Names
Mezer, Franciszek de,‏ ‎1829-1919 (Photographer)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1884
Place: Kieff :
Publisher: Fr. de Mezer, photographe de la cour de sa majesté la Reine Deshellènnes et de l'Universite impériale de St. Wladimir,
Library locations
Dorot Jewish Division
Shelf locator: **P 23-14
Topics
Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916
Authors, Ukrainian -- 19th century
Authors, Yiddish -- Ukraine -- Kyïv -- 19th century
Genres
Photographs
Portraits
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Fr. de Mezer à Kieff.
Content: Title devised by cataloger.
Content: Publication date based on annotation in ink on verso of card.
Biographical/historical: Born Solomon Rabinowitz in Pereyaslav, Ukraine, the author spent his childhood in the shtetl, Voronkov. Embarking upon a literary career in the late 1870s, Rabinowitz originally wrote in Hebrew and Russian, but, by the early 1880s, began writing works for the popular press in Yiddish, employing the pseudonym, "Sholem Aleichem." Following his marriage, he moved his family to Kiev, where he experienced some prosperity for a few years, but, after some financial setbacks moved to Odessa, where he further developed his literary reputation and popularity. Sholem Aleichem decided to leave the country in the wake of the 1905 pogroms, leading a peripatetic and eventful life before spending his final years in New York City.
Physical Description
Cabinet photographs
Albumen prints
Extent: 1 photograph : albumen print on cabinet card mount ; photo 9 x 5.6 cm, on mount 10.2 x 6.2 cm
Description
The photograph shows a youthful Sholem Aleichem in a sepia bust portrait within an oval silhouette, facing front, wearing lorgnette reading glasses. He is identified as the subject of this portrait only in an annotation in ink on the verso of the card. The mount on this copy, which has a border of black and gold, has been severely trimmed on all sides.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1407119381
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23178452
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 24.01.044
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ab197320-8d57-013c-e615-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1829: Creator Born
  • 1884: Issued
  • 1919: Creator Died
  • 2024: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "Sholem Aleichem cabinet card portrait" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1884. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d44e86a0-6abb-013c-ab00-0242ac110005

Chicago/Turabian Format

Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "Sholem Aleichem cabinet card portrait" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d44e86a0-6abb-013c-ab00-0242ac110005

APA Format

Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. (1884). Sholem Aleichem cabinet card portrait Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d44e86a0-6abb-013c-ab00-0242ac110005

Wikipedia Citation

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Sholem Aleichem cabinet card portrait