http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ Shakin' the Family Tree - Dreamwidth Studios Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:35:24 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios dee_burris personal http://www.dreamwidth.org/userpic/856437/913346 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/ 60 100 http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/84714.html Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:35:24 GMT http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/84714.html This is one of the photos I got in the lot of cabinet cards I bought on eBay last month.<br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Bits%20and%20pieces/?action=view&amp;current=Photo1front.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Bits%20and%20pieces/Photo1front.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Bits%20and%20pieces/?action=view&amp;current=Photo1back.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Bits%20and%20pieces/Photo1back.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />Although I do not know the identities of the photo's subjects, the photographer, Max Pomerantz, had his first studio at 500 South Street, in the old Jewish quarter of Philadelphia. By 1907, he had moved two blocks away to a larger studio at 700 5th Street, still in the Jewish quarter. (Source: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?ei=kZhGTpLbMuSDsgL5neyRCA&amp;ct=result&amp;id=wckRAQAAIAAJ&amp;dq=the+jewish+quarter+of+philadelphia&amp;q=pomerantz"><i>The Jewish quarter of Philadelphia: a history and guide, 1881-1930,</i></a> by Harry Davidow Boonin, at page 137, snippets digitized at Google Books.)<br /><br /><br /><br /><small>This is a <a href="http://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/">Sepia Saturday</a> post.</small><br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=84714" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments http://dee-burris.dreamwidth.org/84714.html philadelphia photo post photography sepia saturday public 5