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Series 3: Prayer books, 1857-1923, inclusive

volume: Tanakh (Material Type: Books)
volume: Prayer Book (Material Type: Books)

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet

Scope and Contents

Two prayer books. One is a Tanakh, printed in Vienna in 1857. It is inside a bone case with a working clasp. The other is a Union Prayer Book, inscribed to Eugenie Fribourg for her Confirmation in 1923. An advertisement for Eugenie's great-grandfather Joseph Loeb's restaurant's dinner specials is tucked inside the cover of the Tanakh. Books are housed in individual phase boxes.

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