Kvedaras family photographs
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Abstract
The Kvedaras family photographs contain seven black and white prints of the Kvedaras family of 379 South 3rd Street in Williamsburg from the years 1939-1950.
Historical note
Williamsburg(h) is a neighborhood in northwestern Brooklyn, bounded on the east by the Queens County line, on the south by Flushing Avenue, on the west by the East River, and on the north by North 15th Street, then along McCarren Park's western and southern edges to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at Bayard Street. During the early 1930s many businesses in the neighborhood declared bankruptcy and many prosperous residents left. The Jewish community continued to grow, and a large number of Jewish refugees escaping Nazism moved in and formed Hasidic synagogues and schools; there were more than 20 sects from different parts of Europe, including the large Satmar sect from Hungary and Romania, led by its rabbi Joel Teitelbaum. Manufacturing, which employed more than a million people in the city in 1950, attracted many Puerto Ricans during the following decade.
Source:
- Berck, Judith. "Williamsburg(h)." In The Encyclopedia of New York City, edited by Kenneth T. Jackson, 1403. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press; New York: New-York Historical Society, 2010.
Arrangement
This small collection is housed in a single folder with no particular arrangement.
Scope and Contents
Seven black and white photographs depicting and/or taken by members of the Kvedaras family of 379 South 3rd Street in Williamsburg. Five of the photos depict the celebratory decorations and energy at the end of WWII on August 19, 1945. One photo is of 104 Scholes Street in Williamsburg in 1939. The remaining photo shows two men, one of whom is Joseph Kvedaras, at the front door of the building taken around 1950. Each of the photos has handwritten information about its subject on the verso. The Kvedaras family home address is written on the back of four photos. There are six 3.5 by 2.5 inches black and white photographs and one 5 by 3.5 inches black and white photograph.
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Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Preferred Citation
Identification of item, 1939-1950; Kvedaras family photographs, 2023.044, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition unknown, received 2008. The collection was formally accessioned in 2023.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
This collection's digital surrogates should be used in place of the originals whenever possible.
Existence and Location of Copies
This collection is available on the library's digital collections portal under the call number prefix KVED.
