Hanukkah Lamp. Germany or Netherlands. 19th century. Brass. YU Museum.
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Postcard, Atlantic City. Circa 1940. Yeshiva University Museum.
Reverse: The Breakers on the Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey: The Largest Kosher Hotel in the United States. Postmarked from Atlantic City, N.J. August 13, 1940 and addressed to Mr. and Mrs. David Turner, Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
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