Index to Greater Biddeford Photographs

Biddeford

Building Ads for Sam's Place and Day's Jewelry Store date not known "Sam's Place, a hardware store in Biddeford, was owned by Sam Osher. Day's Jewelry Store, owned by the Davidson brothers, is advertised just below the Sam's Place advertisement"
Seder at the Rubens Home with the Rosens (Biddeford) not yet known
Congregation Etz Chaim, Biddeford 1916
Bradbury Street School circa 1920 "The Bradbury Street School in Biddeford, Maine (possibly around 1920) grades three and four. My mother-in-law Rose Krane (nee Hoffman) is the third in from the right, second row standing. Her cousin Edie Lemovitz is also in the picture." Maria Krane
Kornetsky, Rosenberg and Tabachnick families in the early 20th century circa 1921 Members of the Kornetsky, Rosenberg and Tabachnick families of Portland sit for this picture during the early years of the 20th century
Annie and Mel Thorner with two others 1926
Five women from the Aranovitch family and a friend 1930
Osher family : Five women and Two Men 1930
Ida Ginsburg Osherowitz, Portrait 1932
Osherowitz Family Portrait 1932
Lilly and Eva Aranovitch , Portrait 1932 c
Dr Carl Haas not long after arriving in Biddeford circa 1937 He emigrated to the US from Germany in 1937
Seder at Congregation Etz Chaim circa 1940
Pearl Shapiro Sapiro Engagement photo Aug 30, 1942
Biddeford Tire Shop late 1940s The Biddeford Tire Shop was owned and operated by Alice and Gerald Slosberg of Portland Maine. It was established about 1944 and this buiulding was the site of the business about 1960. The business expanded to Newington NH and then to Portland.
Polakewich Bros & Co Advertisements 1950 "Biddeford busineses owned by Jews advertised in the local Biddeford/Saco business directory. The Polakewich family owned Polakewich Brothers and Company . . . '
Model Seder - Congregation Etz Chaim circa 1952
Bas Mitzvah girls at post-ceremony reception at the Lafayette Hotel (OOB) 10-Jun-56
First Bas Mitzvah held at Congregation Etz Chaim June 10, 1956
Cary Sneider receiving Ner Tamid Boy Scout Award on bimah of Congregation Etz Chaim 1959
Irving Thorner, Max & Sarah Nelson 1959
Congregation Etz Chaim circa 1960
Stuart Ruben and Linda Stickney Prom : Thornton Academy 1961
Phillip Saperia - Ner Tamid Award March 22, 1961
Congregants outside Congregation Etz Chaim circa 2004
Beverly Weinstein Schoenfeld Photo 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Jack and Carol Simensky Photo 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Rose Lerman Lemovitz and Susan Lemovitz Lebrun 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Congregation Etz Chaim interior circa 2018
Congregation Etz Chaim stained glass circa 2018

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