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

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

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

Outside view of Public School Number 9 in Norma

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

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

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

Portraits of Simcha and Sara Helig, 1882

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

Roslyn Fern Zavidowsky and Sadie Opack posed in formal wear

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

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