Prayer book

Identifier
irn561569
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.310.1
Dates
1 Jan 1857 - 31 Dec 1857
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Archival History

The prayer book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Kenneth Lyons, the son of Frank Lyons.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kenneth J. Lyons

Scope and Content

Siddur given to Frank Lyons by his maternal uncle Chaim A. Kaplan on the occassion of Frank's Bar Mitzvah on August 20, 1921 in Framingham, MA. Chaim Kaplan came to the United States in May 1921 to visit his siblings residing in the USA and participated in the celebration of the Bar Mitzvah of his nephew Frank, son of Ida Trombly Liansky and Samuel Liansky. The prayerbook was published in Vienna in 1857 by Jos. Schlesinger and is in both Hebrew and English. It has an inscription inside from Chaim Kaplan to Frank Liansky.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Genre

  • Books and Published Materials
  • Object
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