[Collection] Jewish Historical Committee of Calgary collection

[Series] Photographs

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Mendel and Bella Switzer, Calgary, Alberta.

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Certificate for donation to The Polish-Jewish Family Loan Association, Calgary, Alberta.

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I. L. Peretz school board meeting, Calgary, Alberta.

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Mendel and Bella Switzer, Calgary, Alberta.

Mendel and Bella Switzer emigrated from Radom, Poland in 1923. Joined their daughter Lily and son-in-law Nate Horodetzky on their farm in the Jewish farming colony at Rumsey. Family moved to Calgary, in 1926. Mendel was 65 at time of their arrival, died in 1943; Bella was 55, died in 1954. Married in 1884. Note Mrs. Switzer is wearing a 'sheitl' or wig which Orthodox married women wear after having their hair cut off.

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Date [ca. 1923]

Creator Courtlands Studio

Person(s) or Group(s) Switzer, Bella, Switzer, Mendel

Genre Negatives, Photographs

Place Alberta

Subject Calgary, Alberta--Personalities, Jews in Alberta, Polish in Alberta, Radom, Poland--Personalities

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Fonds/Collection Jewish Historical Committee of Calgary collection

Unique identifier CU1136435

Legacy Identifier na-5397-1

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Attribution "Mendel and Bella Switzer, Calgary, Alberta.", [ca. 1923], (CU1136435) by Courtlands Studio. Courtesy of Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

Unique identifier: CU1136435

Legacy Identifier: na-5397-1

Type: Glenbow

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