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TitleLetter from Boris Drasin to Max Blitzer

Date Created1934

DescriptionIn this letter, Boris Drasin expresses his interest in becoming a resident of Jersey Homesteads to Max Blitzer. Jersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleProposed agreement between the Worker's Aim Cooperative Association and the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union

Date Created1936

DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleLetter from Albert Einstein to Boris Drasin dated May 14, 1936

Date Created1936

DescriptionIn this letter, Albert Einstein declines an invitation to attend a celebration at Jersey Homesteads. The letter is addressed to Boris Drasin. Jersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitlePhotograph of the members of Congregation Ahavath Achim B'nai Israel, Irvington, NJ.

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionThis photograph portrays members of Congregation Ahavath Achim B'nai Israel Synagogue in Irvington, NJ. A handwritten caption on the back says, "Remembering 40 years back! Bottom Row: Betty Kesner,...

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TitleDeclaration of principles of the Workers Aim Cooperative Association

Date Created1935-1939

DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitlePoultryman

Date Created1931-1969, 1958

DescriptionThe Poultryman was a newspaper for people in the poultry industry

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TitleJewish farmers chorus - Photo 1

Date Created1930-1939

DescriptionPhotograph of the Jewish Farmers Chorus on stage.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1989-1930)

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TitleJewish farmers chorus - Photo 2

Date Created1930-1939

DescriptionPhotograph of the Jewish Farmers Chorus.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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Title2 photographs with captions that appeared in the "Morning Journal" article, "Picture from the Hightstown Colony" by A. Litwin

AuthorLitwin, A.

Date Created1936

DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...

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Title'Comments' on James Osborne's 'Italian Immigrants and the Working Class in Paterson' and Gertrude Dubrovsky's 'Rural Experience of Jews in Farmingdale' - from the 8th NJ History Symposium

AuthorGolab, Catherine

Date Created1976

DescriptionThis comments paper by Caroline Golab, an Assistant Professor of History and Urban Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, is from 'New Jersey's Ethnic Heritage: Papers Presented at the Eighth...