Photograph of Jake Stavitsky standing, arms crossed

The Stavitsky Collection

A sampling of photographs from the Stavitsky and Crystal Family Collection. View the expanded collection here.

Ed and Ben Stavitsky with Martha Crystal, 1953

Jake Stavitsky standing, arms crossed, outside on the Stavitsky farm in 1919

Shifra-Stavitsky standing in a field on the Stavitsky farm in 1940

John Levin, Bessie Stavitsky, Ed Stavitsky, and Floss Finegan standing outside together

Rose Stavitsky stands holding a diploma for her high school graduation in 1925

Fred Chalmers in overalls stands in front of a trailer in 1937

Ed, Ben, and Barn in front of the Stavitsky home in 1936

Eli and Riva Gitel Stavitsky standing outside together

Eddie Stavitsky (left) stands with two unidentified members of the Hebrew Orphan Home Baseball Team in uniform

Left to right: Children Ben and Barney Stavitsky pose outside with a friend, 1916

Ben and Barney Stavitsky, look on as Frank Hoffman stands on Riley the horse, 1921

Painted portrait of Bessie Rothman Stavitsky

Bessie Rothman Stavitsky, standing in a formal dress on her wedding day, 1938

Jacob Stavitsky, standing in a suit on his wedding day, 1938

Ed and Ben Stavitsky pose outside with Abe Crystal, 1953

Ben Stavitsky and Fred Chalmers painting, 1937

Lillian Greenblatt Braun, Esther Beshitsky Fineman, Joe Soffian, Sarah Sklansky, Rose Sklansky, Dora Beshitsky swimming at the old bridge in the Maurice River, 1921 (the two small children are unidentified)

The Brotmanville Synagogue with a crowd standing outside

Edwin, Judith, and Leonard Greenblatt enjoying cones from the Hokey Pokey Wagon, 1925

Rosalyn Einstein Altman and Rose Rothman sitting on a car fender on the farm

A family posing outside for May Day activities in 1932

A group of children posing outside for the 1933 May Day celebration

A group poses outside during the 1932 May Day celebration

The 1904 Norma Athletic Association baseball team posing together

Jacob Greenblatt at the Maurice River holding granddaughter, Muriel Braun Spiegel, 1927

A group of children and adults swimming at the Maurice River in 1936

The Norma Athletic Association Hall baseball team, 1905

A woman and two children standing together at a beach

A group of five women and a boy sitting at the beach

Community and Recreation

A snapshot of photographs related to community activities and recreation in and around the Alliance Colony.

Included in this collection are the following families: Altman, Beshitsky, Braun, Einstein, Fineman, Greenblatt, Miller, Rothman, Soffian, and Sklansky,

Topics: Maurice River, Norma Athletic Association Baseball, May Day, Centerton, Brotmanville Synagogue.

The Levin Family Collection

A selection of photographs from the Levin Family Collection.

Family with one adult and three children, Lena Bayuk Levin with Bluma, Jack, and I. Harry

I. Harry Levin as child standing outside

Family photograph, Baba Leah Levinson (center) with daughter Esther Levinson Levin, and son-in-law Israel Hirsch

Levin Brothers posed together in suits, Abe, Samuel, Manny, William, and John

A large group, the Levin Cousins Club, sitting around a large dinner table

The Levin Brothers: (standing) John and Abe, (sitting) Manny, William, and Samuel

William H. Levin outside standing with one of his cows.

Family photograph, taken outside, William H. Levin, Lena Bayuk Levin, and their children, I. Harry, Bluma, and Jack, 1913

Outside view of Public School Number 9 in Norma

Outside view of the Norma Athletic Association Hall, 1932

Outside view of the Ahavas Achim Synagogue in Norma

A class photograph taken outside, Norma Second Grade Class

A group photograph of the Norma Athletic Association baseball team, 1905

An outside view of the Brotmanville Synagogue with a group standing outside

A page out of the Norma Yearbook detailing the May Day activities

A page out of the Norma Yearbook discussing baseball

Norma and Brotmanville

A gallery of photographs depicting life in the communities of Brotmanville and Norma.

Topics: Allivine Canning Company, Baseball, Norma Public School, May Day, Brotmanville Synagogue, Ahavas Achim Synagogue.

Rosenhayn

A gallery of photographs showing the community in Rosenhayn.

Topics: Tailors, Post Office, Parvin Pond, Franklin Hall, Gerson's, Alpers Hotel.

Outside view of the Rosenhayn Post Office

Outside view of Rosenhayn's Franklin Hall

Outside view of Gerson's farm in Rosenhayn

Front view of the Alpers Hotel with a group of people standing outside

Farming

A selection of images that show farming in and around the Alliance Colony.

Included in this collection are the following families: Alterman, Chonofsky, Crystal, Goldfein, Greenblatt, Grubgeld, Kleinfield, Kravitz, and Weinberg.

See the Virtual Exhibit here.

William H. Levin on the farm, standing with a cow 1953

Sam Goldfein with daughter Jean Goldfein Dover, Crystal children, and Max Alterman

Raphael Crystal, Zeda, bringing water to a calf

Jacob Crystal with his horses, Boyd and Daisey, 1920

Joseph Greenblatt, c. 1905, nine years old, standing in a field

Gilbert Greenblatt standing with his horse Nellie, 1922

Edwin, Judith, and Leonard Greenblatt, 1925

Eva Lutz Kleinfield and Louis Kleinfield standing in front of a house

Raphael and Martha Crystal sitting outside together

Rachel and Jacob Crystal posed in front of a small airplane

Jacob Crystal stacking firewood. Behind him is Israel Bardfeld

Pearl Crystal Hacker as a child witting with freshly dug potatoes, 1920

Joseph Greenblatt riding his horse Nellie

Dora Grubgeld Chonofsky posed outside on the farm

Mollie Greenblatt Kravitz washing dishes outside

Morris Goldfein watering his crops with a garden hose

Hyman Weinberg standing outside in a suit

The Norma Grade School

A collection of images from the Norma Grade School yearbooks, 1931-34.

Included in this collection are the following families: Adams, Applebaum, Brickman, Brodsky, Castlewitz, Chonofsky, Ellison, Farnia, Fisher, Gross, Hassin, Helig, Karp, Kirschner, Kravitz, Makowitz, Rothman, Saranoff, Scribner, Speigel, and Zinberg.

Helen Ellison posed outside in a school desk

Selma Scribner posed outside in a school desk

Class picture with portraits of different children

Ralph Makowitz posed outside in a school desk

Bernard Kirschner posed outside in a school desk

Adolph Fisher posed outside in a school desk

Shirley Helig posed outside in a school desk

Jennie Applebaum posed outside in a school desk

Bernard Brickman posed outside in a school desk

Joseph Chonofsky posed outside in a school desk

Pauline Kravitz posed outside in a school desk

Reba Adams posed outside in a school desk

Ruth Brodsky posed outside in a school desk

Anna Castlewitz posed outside in a school desk

Hymen Gross posed outside in a school desk

Florence Speigel and Sylvia Saranoff posed outside in school desks

Ruth Karp and Carmella Farina posed outside in school desks

Aaron Zinberg posed outside in a school desk

Peter Farina posed outside in a school desk

Outside view of Norma Public School Number 9

Portraits of Simcha and Sara Helig, 1882

Early settlers Eli and Riva Gitel Stavitsky stand outside at their home on Henry Avenue

Charles Chuna Chonofsky poses sitting in a chair

Left to right, standing: Sidney Bailey, Israel Opachinsky, Joseph Zager, Meyer Solunsky, William Cohen. Sitting: Esther Bailey, Rose Zager, Beckie Cohen. From Yoval.

The First Settlers of Alliance

Photographs of some of the first people to settle in the Alliance Colony.

Included in this collection are the following families: Bailey, Bayuk, Chonofsky, Cohen, Helig, Levinson, Opachinsky, Rudnick, Solunsky, Stavitsky, and Zager.

The Crystal Family Collection

Photographs and archival material from the Crystal family.

Martha Crystal standing outside with daughters Shirley and Lila

Two adults stand outside while a young girl sits on top of a horse

Martha Crystal with daughters Shirley and Lila

Jacob and Rachel Crystal pose in front of an airplane

Martha and Jacob Crystal stand on the farm, Martha holds a photograph of one of their chickens

Jacob Crystal riding on a cart with his horses, Boyd and Daisey

Crystal Family, Abe on left, Martha on right, unidentified woman in the center

Pearl Crystal Hacker sitting with freshly dug potatoes, 1920

Ed and Ben Stavitsky standing in front of a truck with Martha Crystal, 1953

Raphael Crystal, Zeda, bringing water to calf, 1928

Raphael and Martha Crystal sitting outside together in 1924

Martha with duaghters Shirley and Lila Crystal and several cats

Martha and Abe Crystal sitting outside holding two cats

Ed and Ben Stavitsky with Abe Crystal, stadning in front of a truck in 1953

Rachel and Jacob Crystal holding their daughter Gertrude, 1916

Roslyn Fern Zavidowsky and Sadie Opack posed in formal wear

Joyce Marilyn Opack Rubenstein posed in a bathing suit on a beach

Group photograph of people dancing at the wedding of Roslyn and Bernard Zavidowsky 1952.jpg

Children Steven, Jill Louise, Lauren Mira Zavidowsky posed outside

Roslyn Fern Zavidowsky in front sitting outside with a group of her friends

Roslyn Fern and Bernard with their daughter Lauren Mira Zavidowsky

Wedding day, L to R, Sadie and Manuel Opack (Roslyn's parents), Roslyn Fern, Bernard Zavidoswy, Frieda and Louis Zavidowski (Bernard's parents)

Portraits of children Jill Louise, Lauren Mira, and Steven Zavidowsky

Bernard and Roslyn Zavidowsky standing outside in the snow

Marge holds a bunny, the others shown are currently unidentified

Wedding dance, Roslyn and Bernard Zavidowsky, 1952

Steven Zavidowsky, as a child, opening a car door

Roslyn Fern Zavidowsky posed in a dress outside

Jill Louise Zavidowsky, as a child, riding a pony

Roslyn Fern Opack standing with an unidentified man in a military uniform

Roslyn Fern Opack Zavidowsky with unidentified man

Jill Zavidowsky selling Girl Scout cookies, 1962

Wedding Roslyn Fern and Bernard Zavidowsky.jpg

Roslyn Fern Zavidowski posed in a boat.jpg

The Opack-Opachinsky Family Collection

Photographs and other material from the Opack-Opachinsky family.

The Spain Family Collection

Photographs and other material from the Spain family.

Portrait of two children posed with toys and a phone

Two women, a girl and a dog sitting outside in front of a house

A woman in a dress standing in front of a house

A group of six children posed in front of a house

A man and woman posed in front of a house

Family photograph with a man, woman, and two children

Family photograph with a man, woman, and four children

Family photograph with two women, two men and two children

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