Jewish photographs and assorted papers

Studio photographs, many of First World War soldiers in uniform, but also family portraits, late 19th-early 20th century. Portrait of Levi Barent Cohen together with correspondence about him, 1936; an engraving of a portrait of Sir David Salomons. Visitors' book for South Stoneham House, 1890-1918; souvenir music score for Gounod's 'Romeo et Juliette' performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in honour of the marriage of the Duke of York and Princess Mary of Teck, 4 Jul 1893; translation of the epitaphs still visible in the Hambro Synagogue cemetery made by Dayan Mendelsohn of the United Synagogue; typescript notes on genealogical collections at the Jewish Museum, London, Dec 1929; booklet about Edinburgh Hebrew Synagogue; order for the laying of the foundation stone of Edinburgh Synagogue, 1931; bound presentation book given to Mrs Lucas by the West London Synagogue on her seventieth birthday, 1905.

Photographs and assorted papers

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