Silent prayers

Silent prayers
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Title: Silent prayers
Description:

Caption: "Silent prayers--Services at the Hebrew Educational Society, Hopkinson and Sutter Aves., were conducted in sign language by this woman and these three men, all deaf. The Hebrew Society for the Deaf arranged the ceremonies;" there are two other men in the photograph and all five are wearing prayer shawls.

Date: 1941
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 22, 1941; "Eagle staff photo."
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Schools
Subject: Hebrew Educational Society (New York, N.Y.)
Sign language
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library
ID: SCHL 0460