Grostein Family Portraits

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 County National Bank. The portrait of Robert and Rosa Newman Grostein was taken circa 1905 in Lewiston, Idaho. Robert was one of the earliest settlers of Lewiston and founded the city's primary mercantile firm, Grostein and Binnard.