Gift of the Bialystoker Home for the Aged

Id no. 2320.89, Photograph

September 1931, Bialystok, New York, Poland

Created by:  American Photo Service

Subject(s):  Communal institutions, Old age homes, Parades, Landsmanshaftn

The Bialystoker Home for the Aged was started by the Bialystoker Landsmanshaft (a Jewish mutual-aid society which helped new immigrants adjust to life in the US). Membership in Landsmanshaftn typically consisted of people from a particular town or city, in this case, Bialystok.