| Sasha and Marty | Sasha and Marty | | |
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Description:The back says the photo was processed at Susan Drake Photoland Chicago
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| Sasha in Portrait | Sasha in Portrait | | |
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Description:The back says a "A Portrait by Mabel Sykes. 140 North State Street, Chicago."
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| Sasha Road Trip: Road or Damn Construction | Sasha Road Trip: Road or Damn Construction Sasha Road Trip: Road or Damn Construction | | |
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Description:Judging by the "851" on the back of this photo, it appears to belong to the "Sasha Road Trip" pictures, perhaps depicting an area adjacent to Los Angeles.
Judging by the "851" on the back of this photo, it appears to belong to the "Sasha Road Trip" pictures, perhaps depicting an area adjacent to Los Angeles. [show more]
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| Sasha with Hi and George and a Sasha Family History. | Sasha with Hi and George and a Sasha Family History. | | |
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Description:Hi was not close to his father, but was very close to the youngest of the siblings, Sasha (Allan R. Bloom).
The story goes that when Vera followed Lawrence to the United States with the rest of her children - a brood of 4 girls and one boy, they each had to be "processed" through immigration. The immigration official went through each of the children´s names and "americanized" the most Russian sounding names (e.g. Luba became Lillian), and when they got to the youngest, the immigration official asked Vera, "And what´s this one´s name.?". Vera replied, "Sasha", and the Immigration official shook his head no, saying "We don´t have Sashas here in America. What does it mean?". Vera answered, its a nickname for the Czar, "Alexander". The Immigration official smiled and said, "OK, he´ll be Alex .. no, wait, we just had an Alex, we´ll name him Allan", and henceforth, Sasha became Allan. Later, just to have a middle name presence, Sasha decided to add the letter "R" as his middle initial, not standing for anything at all.
Sasha became a regional buyer/supplier for Thrifty Drug Company, and was so effective that when he died, it took three people to replace him.
All the nephews, Mort, George, and Hi cared for Sasha a great deal, but none more than Hi, who craved the parental love he never got from Lawrence.
I´ve always thought that Sasha got Hi his first drink and they traveled together and saw each other often.
Sasha was gay, which was, in her era, an "infamnia" (to quote the Godfather) and this part of Sasha´s background was spoken about in whispers, but he was so loved by Hi, that when Sasha died, in 1949, he named his first son (yours truly) after him, and although the first name of Allan was changed to Allen, the name of Sasha continued.
Here he is depicted with Hi and George in Torrance, California (where Sasha apparently lived) in January, 1946, three years before his death.
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| Sasha, Barry, Dennie circa 1957 | Sasha, Barry, Dennie circa 1957 | | |
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Description:Don´t we all look snazzy. And couldn´t anyone smile!?
I vaguely remember that a professional photographer took our picture while we lived in Riverside, California. Barry was born December 14, 1956 in a Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fontana, California (adjacent to Riverside) and he looks about a year or so old her. Dennie (who was born February 19, 1946 in Detroit) must have been about 11 years old. I was born October 15, 1950 (in Los Angeles) so I was probably 6 or 7 here. I still remember having that sweater vest. [show more]
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| Sasha, Vera, Ethel, Luba, Aaron, Rita in Chicago 1924 | Sasha, Vera, Ethel, Luba, Aaron, Rita in Chicago 1924 | | |
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Description:Clockwise, starting upper left: Sasha, Vera, Ethel, Rita, Sasha with his arm around Luba, Vera and Ethel, Sasha hugging Ethel, Luba and Aaron (bottom left)
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| Sonia Bloom | Sonia Bloom | | |
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| Sweet Masha | Sweet Masha | | |
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Description:Masha Grodsky Odinak sitting sweetly on a chair in 1931. Masha was a wonderful person. Smart, oh so smart, holding advanced degrees from several universities. I knew her married to her wonderful husband Alec Odinak and living in New Haven, Connecticut. I met her earlier when she would visit her parents, Morris and Rita Grodsky in Los Angeles, after they moved from Chicago, but I spent time in her house at 65 Cleveland Road, New Haven, Connecticut. (Their house was right across from Yale Bowl, so the boys, Mitch and Tommy, would rent out their front yard to park cars for spending money on Yale football game days). Masha was a professor, I believe at the New School in New York. https://www.newschool.edu/admission/visit/plan-your-visit/
Afflicted by polio at an early age, her mouth twisted in the corner and slightly impacted the sound of her voice. Masha was a modern woman amongst modern woman. Creative, innovative, interesting, kind, nurturing. She was dedicated to her parents, but Rita drove her crazy. She loved her two boys and her husband. Avidly political on both a national and local scale, she was often involved in important causes. She was generous in her manner and demeanor. A favorite cousin of the Bloom boys.
The items which are displayed on the table and the wall her in this picture indicative of the type of items that Morris and Rita had in their house on Gardner Street in Los Angeles, California. [show more]
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| The Alamo: Hi in 1944, must have had leave during his training in Texas and went to San Antonio. | The Alamo: Hi in 1944, must have had leave during his training in Texas and went to San Antonio. | | |
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| The Boyle Heights House | The Boyle Heights House | | |
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Description:One of the houses that L.A. Bloom bought in Los Angeles was at 2449 Barry Ave., the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. In fact, this might the house that LA Bloom had built. This picture was taken when Hi was 16 years old in July, 1937. Take a look at the vintage ModelT (?) on the street. [show more]
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| The Pellicoff´s Family Portrait 1904 | The Pellicoff´s Family Portrait 1904 | | |
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Description:Berl (Bernard) 1862-1950. Duba (Dora) 1861-1933 with their three children: Abe (1890-1948), Ethel (1889-1962), and Fanny (1887-1950). Probably in Philadelphia. Ethel is 15 years old. OldSlavicRussian writing on the back.
Barry´s middle name of "Doran" was after Dora. [show more]
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| THE TALMY´S N OTHERS IN CHICAGO, 1943 | THE TALMY´S N OTHERS IN CHICAGO, 1943 | | |
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Description:Top left: Rita, in the middle. Vera on the right.
2nd: Vera and Anna Talmy
3rd: Anna Talmy in background and a very beautiful Meta Davis, holding JoEllen
4th: An incredibly dapper Marty Talmy.
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| The Zaris´Camden New Jersey, 1966 | The Zaris´Camden New Jersey, 1966 | | |
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Description:Sasha´s same Greyhound bus trip. That´s Gil and Elkie and their daughter Dale. Dale, who worked as a social worker, married Public Defender Doug (who´s last name will have to be filled in).
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| Townsville, Australia... War plane engine repair | Townsville, Australia... War plane engine repair | | |
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Description:December, 1944. This photo likely was taken in Townsville, Australia. Which was perhaps most known for the fact that its civilian population expressed considerable opposition to the restrictions of the national government during WW2.
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/15116615.pdf
APO922 is for Townsville. Also note the "Pass by Examiner" pass on the back.
Robert E. Newell might be the person depicted working on the engine, or it could be Hi. [show more]
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| Two Moms(?) and 3 Children in Los Angeles(?) in front of Palm Trees | Two Moms(?) and 3 Children in Los Angeles(?) in front of Palm Trees | | |
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Description:This photo appears to be taken in Los Angeles (palm trees and labeling on back), but I can´t tell who the two adult women are nor can I tell if the boy in the background is Mort nor can i tell who the young girl is, featured in two separate small pictures [show more]
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| UNKNOWN child in Brooklyn, New York | UNKNOWN child in Brooklyn, New York | | |
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Description:Photo taken at BlueBird Studio, 1598 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Below is a link to the way the building looks.
https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1598-Pitkin-Ave-Brooklyn-NY/16181045/
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| Unknown Russian Man Perhaps Hi´s Great Grandfather | Unknown Russian Man Perhaps Hi´s Great Grandfather | | |
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Description:It is unknown who this photo depicts.
On Page 7 of Mort´s book is depicted a man in a similar pose with similar features as "My Great Grandfather" without any further identifying information. The man in this picture might be picture of the same man at an earlier age.
The printed matter on the bottom of the front says "F. Malkina. Nizhyn"
The back print says "Photography by F. Malkina in Nizhyn." F. Malkina was a woman photographer as confirmed by the fact that her name ended with an "a", if it was a man, it would have been "F. Malkin".
And at the bottom: "Atilier (which is a french word for "Artists Studio") for Zooming Portraits.
On the very bottom it says "Negatives are kept". [show more]
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| Unknown Russian Woman writing to Lawrence (Liev) just before he leaves to America.. with interesting inscription on back of photo | Unknown Russian Woman writing to Lawrence (Liev) just before he leaves to America.. with interesting inscription on back of photo | | |
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Description:"Let circumstances not make you insincere. For the Good Memory. Liev"
The studio stamp is "Photo studio of F. Malkona. Nizhyn"
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Vacation Palm Springs 1933 Ethel Hi Morris
Rita Masha | Vacation Palm Springs 1933 Ethel Hi Morris
Rita Masha | | |
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Description:Ethel Bloom Hi Bloom Morris Grodsky Rita Grodsky Masha Grodsky Odinak playfully being photographed on March 16, 1933 in Palm Springs, Canyon California. Hi was 12. Note Ethel´s interesting headband and Morris wearing a suit and tie is carrying a camera. It´s not known who photographed this. Perhaps a timed self portrait? Note all the women´s long dresses, common for the era. [show more]
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| Vera Bloom | Vera Bloom | | |
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Description:This unidentified photo appears to be Lawrence´s mother, Vera.
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| Vera Blumen Bloom and Moisha Bloom | Vera Blumen Bloom and Moisha Bloom | | |
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Description:In the 1960's Hi began a process of trying to create a family tree. It continued through his retirement and to his death on February 14, 2011.
These two pictures are copies of copies of his paternal grandparents, Vera Blumen Bloom, who, in the middle of her life, came to the United States from Nezjin, Russia, and settled in Chicago. Her husband, Moisha Blumen, never came to the United States, died in Kyiv of heart problems.
For a wonderful description of the Blumen´s and life in Russia, read Mort´s first chapter in his book, connected here. Though, like any oral history, there are certain disagreements regarding some details (I was always told that L.A. Bloom came to the United States at the age of 16 in 1903, not 18 in 1905) the general history is consistent with what the family knows. [show more]
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| Vera in Indian Blanket, Masha in 1940 | Vera in Indian Blanket, Masha in 1940 | | |
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Description:Vera nee Rezwin in Indian blanket in Chicago. Masha sending a sweet picture to her cousin Hi, in 1940
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| Vera Rezwin? | Vera Rezwin? | | |
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Description:This appears to be Vera Rezwin, with three men., perhaps her brothers?
It is unknown who this photo depicts. The printed matter on the bottom of the front says "F. Malkina. Nizhyn"
The back print says "Photography by F. Malkina in Nizhyn." F. Malkina was a woman photographer as confirmed by the fact that her name ended with an "a", if it was a man, it would have been "F. Malkin".
And at the bottom: "Atilier (which is a french word for "Artists Studio") for Zooming Portraits.
On the very bottom it says "Negatives are kept".
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| Vera Standing Portrait, 1927 Chicago | Vera Standing Portrait, 1927 Chicago | | |
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Description:Vera moved to Chicago after she left Russia. Here she is at the age of 60. On the back, Hi writes that she was born in January 1867 and died December, 1952, at the age of 85.
On the bottom of the front it says:
"New Rembrandt. 2722 W. Division St., Chicago" [show more]
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| Wedding Congrats from Sam and Ann Wisotsky and Mitch and Irene Rubin | Wedding Congrats from Sam and Ann Wisotsky and Mitch and Irene Rubin | | |
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Description:A greeting card of congratulations, presumably sent from Detroit.
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| Wedding Corsage | Wedding Corsage | | |
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Description:Presumably Betty wore this corsage at the wedding. This is a photograph of the corsage. The actual corsage itself is part of the original documents of the BloomArchive.
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| Wedding Invitation | Wedding Invitation | | |
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Description:Wedding Invitation for 8400 Lennon, Van Nuys, California
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| Wisotsky side of the family: Uncle Sam and Auntie Eva (far right), George and Roz Pudavik (far left), and someone who´s name í´ve forgotten in the middle at a special night club perhaps in Los Angeles. | Wisotsky side of the family: Uncle Sam and Auntie Eva (far right), George and Roz Pudavik (far left), and someone who´s name í´ve forgotten in the middle at a special night club perhaps in Los Angeles. | | |
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| Yenta (Meta) Rezwin (1835-1919) (Vera´s mother) My Great Great Grandmother | Yenta (Meta) Rezwin (1835-1919) (Vera´s mother) My Great Great Grandmother | | |
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Description:Kalman married Yenta (Meta) Rezwin. The handrwriting on the back of this picture is in my hand, and means that I got the information from Hi before he died and wrote it there. Somehow, Hi also wrote that she lived 1835-1919.
This picture appears to be when she is about 30, so it likely would have been taken circa 1865. [show more]
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| Young Hi taking a Selfie | Young Hi taking a Selfie | | |
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Description:Back when it was hard to take a selfie, Hi took this one. While in Australia? Or in the military? Or before?
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