Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
Pauline Pearson Photograph Collection |
Collection |
Pauline Pearson Photograph Collection |
Catalog Number |
019PC46 |
Date |
ca. 1965-1989 |
Location |
Kentucky / Jefferson County / Louisville |
Description |
Collection consists of 15 black-and-white and color photographs of Pauline Pearson (1914-1994), executive secretary from 1941-1979 to presidents of the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA) and its successor the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Louisville, Kentucky. Included are ca. 1965 photographs of Pearson and the rest of a "Dance Group" of women gathered at a farewell party, with their names listed on the back along with the location of Lake Wawasee, Kosciusko County, Indiana [019PC46.01-02]. The Dance Group was formed from an exercise class at the YMHA in 1939. Ca. 1963 photographs, by the photographer Gus Frank, are of Pearson receiving a Jewish community service award, surrounded by past YMHA and JCC presidents and Jewish community leaders Norbert Friedman, Alex Berman, Lewis Cole, Samuel Steinfeld, Joseph Kaplan, and Morris Kling [019PC46.05] and Aaron Schreiber, Norbert Friedman, Henry Levy, and Morris Kling [019PC46.06].Photographs by photographer Doc Dixon of Pearson's 1979 retirement from the JCC include ones of her with Sylvia Kranz, Charles Kranz, Frankye Gordon, and Margo and David Kling [019PC46.07], with Sol Horen [019PC46.10], with Charlie Kranz [019PC46.11], with her family members and nephews Helaine and Steve Green and Max Green [019PC46.12], and with Annette Sagerman, Selma Jean Simon, Anita Zeiden, and Sylvia Kranz [019PC46.13]. Two 3x5 color photographs from June 30, 1989, document a birthday dinner for Pearson attended by all of the YMHA/JCC presidents from the previous 40 years [019PC46.14-15]. SEE ALSO: a mounted color facsimile of an architectural rendering of the JCC, inscribed to Pauline Pearson from JCC president Joe Kaplan [CLU-94]. Items digitized include: 019PC46.02: Ladies Dance Group ca. 1965, Lake Wawasee, Kosciusko County IN, Carol Behr, Annette Geller, Pauline Pearson, Ruthie Faye Waldman, Marcia Jacobs, Verna Blum Goldberg, Bibi Monsky, Selma Erlen, Molly Kleinman Klein, Ann Bush, Carolyn Kreitman, Annette Fleck, Bernice Blum 019PC46.04: Pauline Ruth Pearson, 1979, "Miss JCC" 1941-1979 with Morris Kling, photo by Gus Frank 019PC46.05: Pauline Pearson being honored for JCC and Community work, ca. 1963, Norbert Friedman, Alex Berman, Lewis Cole, Pauline Pearson, Samuel Steinfeld, Joseph Kaplan, Morris Kling, photo by Gus Frank 019PC46.11: Pauline Pearson with Charlie Kranz, 1979, photo by Doc Dixon 019PC46.14: Pauline Ruth Pearson with all the past JCC Presidents with whom she worked, Charles Pinky Weisberg, Frankye Gordon, Boris Pressma, Marcia Schuster, David Liebson, Joe Fineman, Steve Linker, David Kling, Joe Kaplan, Ed Goldberg, Sam Steinfeld, Abe Berman, Arnold Lynch, Lewis Cole, June 30, 1989 |
Search Terms |
Jews Twentieth century |