Collection of documents from the Loeb family of Philadelphia. These include: (1) Two handwritten letters in German to Abraham Loeb at Ungstein, Germany dated 1864 (2) A carte-de-visite of a young boy labeled "Lederle, Durkehim" (3) A handwritten note dated 1861 (4) Partial translation of John Keats' Fairy Song into German dated 1899 (5) A manuscript letter from S. Kahn at Coblenz in German dated 1878 (6) A manuscript letter in German addressed to Abraham Loeb dated 1878 (7) Ludwig Loeb letterhead with handwritten list of brothers' and sisters' birthdays (8) A handwritten list of Loeb family birthdates (9) A letter from Jacob Loeb in Ungstein Germany mentioning his wife Madel Levi (10) A handwritten poem in German entitled "National-Farben" (11) German notes headed Ungstein November 1878 (12) Five pages of undated manuscript German verse.
Personal Name:
Loeb, Abraham; Loeb, Jacob
Date:
1861-1914
Language:
German; English; Yiddish
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Certificate; Wetzler, Martin; Stover, Adam; Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania, United States; 1844 November 10
Description:
Baptismal and birth certificate (Taufschein) printed in Allentown by Leisenring. The certificate records the birth of Adam Stover on 10 November 1844 and is colored and illustrated by Jewish scrivener Martin Wetzler who also signs in Yiddish.
Personal Name:
Wetzler, Martin; Stover, Adam
Date:
1844 November 10
Language:
German; Yiddish
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Certificate; Wetzler, Martin; Crefsman, Johannes; Rockhill Township, Pennsylvania, United States; Reading, Pennsylvania, United States; 1849 October 28
Description:
Baptismal and birth certificate (Taufschein) printed in Reading, Pennsylvania by Johann Ritter. The certificate is filled out in black ink to mark the birth of Johannes Crefsman, son of Jacob and Maria in 1824. In 1849, the printed certificate seems to have been re-decorated by the Jewish scrivener Martin Wetzler who adds color as well as an inscription in red ink marking the confirmation in 1843 and marriage in October 1849 of the child. Wetzler also adds a star of David as well as his own name in Yiddish.
Personal Name:
Wetzler, Martin; Crefsman, Johannes
Date:
1849 October 28
Language:
German; Yiddish; English
Rights:
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Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Broadside that was Lithographed for the Benefit of the Loo-Choo Naval Mission of the Lord's Prayer in fourteen different languages: Hebrew, French, Syriac [Syrian], Polish Jewish [Yiddish], Turkish, German, New Greek [Modern Greek], Latin, Italian, Arabic, Loo-chooan Japanese, Portuguese Jewish [Ladion], Hollandish [Dutch], and Chinese. "A Facsimile of the original M.S. A Production of B.J. Bettelheim. M / (Lord's Prayer. Polyglot) London: by E. Barwick, 1847; Loo-Choo, Japan; London, England
