Index to Old Orchard Beach

Old Orchard Beach

BUSINESS HISTORIES

history of Shefshick's Kosher Meat Market (OOB) -

GOVERNMENT RECORDS - CENSUS

GOVERNMENT RECORDS - OTHER

IMAGE

IMAGE(S)

Alan Lappin and Barbara Balkan Lappin - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Annual Convention Maine State Zionists
Bertha Bornstein Girl Scout Leader Farewell
Beth Israel (OOB) Original Exterior "Congregation Beth El of Old Orchard Beach opened in 1912 to serve the needs of Jewish tourists and summer residents in this resort town. This was the original building"
Beth Israel (OOB) synagogue (interior view)
Bill Arlock at Old Orchard Beach Bill Arlock, son of Ida Spitzer Arlock, standing in front of their cottage at OOB
Brochure of Lafayette Hotel I
Brochure of Lafayette Hotel II
Claire and Ruby at Old Orchard Beach Ruby Levine [featherweight champ of Maine ]dated my aunt Claire Pollack (Brooklyn) and my mother had some old photos of them in her photo album which was passed on to me. My Aunt Claire was a sister of Louis Pollack a Maine resident. Louis was married t
Congregation Beth Israel exterior
Congregation Beth Israel OOB glass
Congregation Beth Israel OOB glass II
Congregation Beth Israel OOB glass III
Dave Glovsky Guesses Weight of Louis Armstrong pg 94 " Dave 'the Guesser' Glovsky guesses Louis Armstrong's weight during a break from one of Sachmo's musical performances at the OOB pier. For years, Glovsky was a fixture at the OOB amusement park, guessing the weight and age of his customers." - Abe Peck & Jean M Peck
Debbie and Danny Bornstein souvenir post card around 1958 in Old Orchard
DMJ Gathering Old Orchard Beach 2011 - collection of 11 photos
Early black/white photograph of the Lafayette Hotel
Family photo taken at Old Orchard photobooth 1921
Ferris Wheel, Old Orchard Beach
Governor Baxter Entertained by Jews of York & Cumberland Cty - Old Orchard Beach Historical Society
Guess where Jews spent their summers
Interior View of OOB Shul
Lafayette Hotel : three postcard images pg 55 "This [second] postcard was for sale at the Lafayette Hotel, which comprised several buildings with many modern amenties for the time. Among the guests were members of the Bronfman family Rabbi Solomon Schechter (Jewish Theological Seminary) …"
Lafayette Hotel from W Grand Ave, Old Orchard Beach
Larry Sheftel Photo - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
List of Houses of Worship In Old Orchard Beach
Lucille Potter Lavin at Old Orchard Beach Behind the Lafayette Hotel
Mainers Enjoying the Beach
Memorial Plaque for WWI soldiers in Old Orchard Beach
Minnie Shefshick Blotner at the Shefshick Kosher Meat Market, Old Orchard Beach
Mystery Man at Old Orchard Beach
Nelson, Thorner, Cook women
Old Orchard Beach - Lantern House
Old Orchard Beach group I took the photos with my Brownie camera. I was 15 years of age, and the others are about the same age. I took the photos with my Brownie camera. I was 15 years of age, and the others are about the same age: Charlotte Rolnick Schwab
Old Orchard in winter by railroad tracks
Old Orchard in winter by railroad tracks 2
Osherowitz Mother and Sisters
Osherowitz Mother and Sisters in Old Orchard Beach
Palace Playland Photo (1920s?)
Palace Playland, Old Orchard Beach
Pauline, Martha, Lenore Osherowitz and Two Friends at Old Orchard Beach
Promotional Brochure of Old Orchard Beach (Lafayette Hotel)
Rachel Micohen, Lenore and Martha Osherowitz , Portrait
Rhoda Fogelsohn and Ann Salk (twin sisters) at OOB
Rose Joachim and Bertha Murinson
Shefshick family on the beach outside the Lafayette Hotel Annex and the The Beauregard Hotel
Shefshick Kids and Friends in front of The Lafayette Hotel and Annex. "Umbrellas and chairs for rent by the Atlantic Sun and Beach Service (ASBS). " Bernard Blotner
Shefshick's kosher Meat Market sign
Summer lovin'
The Lafayette Hotel, "Finest Beach in the World," Old Orchard Beach
Wedding of Faith Bornstein and Arnold Canner, Beth Israel, OOB
Wedding Reception of Faith Bornstein & Arnold Canner
York and Cumberland County Jews Host Governor Percival Baxter at the Lafayette Hotel, Old Orchard Beach caption on photograph : Reception at Hotel Lafayette Old Orchard Sept 10, 1922 as Governor Purcevil P Baxter by Hebrews of York and Cumberland Counties in recognition of many kind deads of His Excellency

INSTAGRAM

From Brookline to A Summer in Maine

JEWISH COMMUNITY RECORDS

Beth Israel (OOB) Shul board meeting records, selected years

MEMORABILIA

A Picture Post Card History of Old Orchard Beach by Robert Dominque - Table of Contents The Lappin family owned the Vesper Hotel, OOB
Congregation Beth Israel (OOB) Dedication Program "When Congregation Beth Isarel of Old Orchard Beach reopened in 1949, several dignataries from Portland, including Rabbi Morris Bekritsky, Cantor Saul Zimmerman and Judge Max Pinansky, were on the program "
Description of Lafayette Hotel, featuring hot & cold running water and "Hebrew dietary laws
The Lafayette Hotel, description of Old Orchard Beach, including carriage roads

NEWSPAPER

Palace Playland rollercoaster

NEWSPAPER(S)

An Oasis of Yiddishkeit Found on Maine's Coast" , Beth Israel (OOB) - Part I - Ani Helmick
An Oasis of Yiddishkeit Found on Maine's Coast" , Beth Israel (OOB) - Part II - Ani Helmick
An Oasis of Yiddishkeit Found on Maine's Coast" , Beth Israel (OOB) - Part III - Ani Helmick
Beth Israel awaits high holidays County Weekend - Ani Helmick
Jews observe High Holidays Days : Two congregations have visiting cantors , Beth Israel and Etz Chaim, Part I - Ani Helmick
The Saga of Bunny Bornstein,
Eastern District Starts B'nai Brith Campaign "The final meeting of the series was held on July 30th, at Old Orchard, at which a rally of the lodges of Maine was held. Judge Max L. Pinansky of Portland, also addressed this gathering."
New England Zionist Region Opens Convention Today in Portland, actually in Old Orchard Beach
New England Zionists to Support Lipsky Administration at Convention in Old Orchard Beach
Donation to the Old Orchard Beach Beth Israel synagogue by the Troubh family - Ani Helmick
Jewish Weavers Evolve Plan to Revive Textile Industry in Lodz, Poland he conference of Zionists of the State of Maine, attended by delegates representing all the important Jewish communities of the state was held on Sunday and Monday in Old Orchard, Me
Jews observe High Holidays Days : Two congregations have visiting cantors Beth Israel and Etz Chaim, Part II
New England B'nai Brith to Hold Conference
Praying by the Seaside, article on Beth Israel (OOB)
Surf's Up for Small Orthodox Shul Along Maine's Old Orchard Beach

OBITUARY(IES)

ON-LINE REFERENCE

Paris Crowds Cheer and Mock Schreiber, Yellow Bird Stowaway - Ben Kissen
Schreiber Denies Comparing Himself to Lindy - Ben Kissen
Summers in Old Orchard Beach, David Cherson, Oral History Interview by Yiddish Book Center
The Shul on the Beach

ORAL HISTORY

Summers in Old Orchard Beach, David Cherson, Oral History Interview by Yiddish Book Center

PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE

David Cherson interview "Summers in Old Orchard Beach, Maine"

PHOTO

Stretch of Old Orchard Beach looking north

POSTCARD(S)