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Levy Bros. envelope, 1901 October 23

Envelope sent to Mrs. F. Hecht, 813 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, from Levy Bro. Outfitters, Louisville, Kentucky. The envelope features an image of the Levy Bros. building.

Laub Brothers envelope, 1941 February 20

Envelope sent to J & A Friedberg Inc., Brooklyn, New York, from Laub Brothers, Louisville, Kentucky, manufacturers of trunks and traveling bags.

Laub Brothers envelopes, 1912-1913, 1916

Envelopes sent to M. D. & J. W. Hayden & Co., Lewisport, Kentucky, from Laub Brothers, Louisville, Kentucky, manufacturers of trunks and traveling bags. The envelope design features an image of a steam ship, train, trunk, suitcase, and bag.

The Voice of Club 60, November 1965

Newspaper of the Louisville, Kentucky, Jewish Community Center and National Council of Jewish Women's Club 60. The publication includes an article beginning on page 3 that details the youth, immigration, and subsequent settling of Jewish Frenchman Jacques Wolff (1903-1977) in the United States. Includes his service in the French army, and his personal losses to the German army and the Holocaust, after which he was able to work in wholesale business in Louisville, Kentucky. Jacques was the husband of Denise Wolff, one of the founders of Club 60.

Pages 6-8 are missing from the original version in the Filson's collection.

Louisville Mendelssohn Lodge membership register, 1860-1921

An indexed membership register for the Louisville, Kentucky, B’nai B’rith Mendelssohn Lodge, a Jewish fraternal organization. The register documents members from 1860 to at least 1921. Recorded member information includes their name, place of residence, occupation, marital status, number of children, and date they were inducted.

The Har-Moriah Lodge No. 14 (“Mt. Moriah”) opened in Louisville in October 1852 and a second B’nai B’rith lodge, the Mendelssohn Lodge No. 40, opened in Louisville in May 1860. Many of the early lodge members were recent Jewish immigrants from parts of now modern Germany who had strong bonds through neighborhood proximity, marriage, and business ventures. The Har Moriah and Mendelssohn lodges officially merged in February 1904 and became Louisville Lodge No. 14.

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For the full collection finding aid, see https://filsonhistorical.org/research-doc/bnai-brith-louisville-lodge-no-14-louisville-ky-records-1860-1921/

Trude Breiner in her milliner shop, circa 1948