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Grostein Family Portraits
Collection
Identifier: P1999-004
Content Description
Portraits of Robert and Rosa Newman Grostein, and Aaron Kuhn and Leah Grostein Kuhn, Jewish families from Lewiston, Idaho.
The portrait of Aaron and Leah Grostein Kuhn was taken in 1884 on their wedding day. According to the Lewiston Teller of May 15, 1884, Leah Grostein Kuhn was the first Jewish woman to have been born and married in Idaho Territory. Aaron Kuhn was president of the Traders National Bank, the Spoken and Eastern Trust Company, the Davenport National Bank, and the Bonner...
Dates:
1884-05-08; 1905
Sister Mary Alfreda Elsensohn photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P1975-228
Content Description
This collection contains 211 photographic prints and twelve photographic negatives related to Sister Elsensohn's work at the Historical Museum at Saint Gertrude's Academy and Convent in Cottonwood, Idaho. Subjects include Polly Bemis, Chinese immigrants in the Lewiston area, and Idaho County pioneers. This collection also contains many images of Saint Gertrude's.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900 - 1960