TitleSholem Aleichem cabinet card portrait
Additional title: Sholem-Aleichem's autograph to Leo Wintz on the verso of the photo
NamesBalabana, A., (Photographer) (Photographer)Shapiro, G., (Photographer) (Photographer)
Dates / OriginDate Issued: 1890Place: OdessaPublisher: M. Fishelev
Library locationsDorot Jewish DivisionShelf locator: **P 23-15
TopicsSholem Aleichem, 1859-1916Authors, Ukrainian -- 19th centuryAuthors, Yiddish -- Ukraine -- Odesa -- 19th centuryAuthors
GenresPhotographsPortraitsAutographs
NotesContent: Title devised by cataloger.Content: Publication date based on annotation in ink on verso of card.Content: Printed at bottom of mount: "A. Balabana, G. Shapyro ; Odessa."Content: Printed at bottom of mount: "Vʹisochayshiya Blagodarnosti."Content: Printed on verso: "Fotografiya A. Balabana, G. Shapyro, V Odessiʹ, Deribasovskaya tsp.d. N° 19.".Content: Printed in cartouche on verso: "Nehatyvʼi sokhranyayutsya."Biographical/historical: Born Solomon Rabinowitz in Pereyaslav, Ukraine, the author spent his childhood in the shtetl, Voronkov. Embarking upon a literary career in the late 1870s, Rabinowitz originally wrote in Hebrew and Russian, but, by the early 1880s, began writing works for the popular press in Yiddish, employing the pseudonym, "Sholem Aleichem." Following his marriage, he moved his family to Kiev, where he experienced some prosperity for a few years, but, after some financial setbacks moved to Odessa, where he further developed his literary reputation and popularity. Sholem Aleichem decided to leave the country in the wake of the 1905 pogroms, leading a peripatetic and eventful life before spending his final years in New York City.
Physical DescriptionAlbumen printsCabinet photographsExtent: 1 photograph : albumen print on cabinet card mount ; photo 14.2 x 10.3 cm, on mount 16.2 x 10.7 cm
DescriptionThe photograph shows a youthful Sholem Aleichem in a three-quarter length portrait, seated and facing front. He is wearing a cape and holds a large hat in his lap. The author is posed sitting on a bench before a painted backdground featuring a rustic bridge and a forest in the distance. He is identified as the subject of this portrait only by an annotation in ink on the verso.
Type of ResourceStill image
IdentifiersRLIN/OCLC: 1407119416NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23178453NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 24.01.045NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 24.01.046Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 25e8a8e0-8d55-013c-b5ac-0242ac110004
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