A young boy stands on the horsedrawn cart holding a bell while a young man stands next to the cart holding a small crate. Many Jews were in the peddling business in the early part of the century. Items peddled included fruits and vegetables, clothing and housewares.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
In this interview, Edith Milavitz gives an account of her early life as a Jewish Minnesotan. She was born in 1907 in St. Paul of Russian immigrant parents. Milavitz speaks about how her father was a junk peddler and how her mother and family sold chickens from the front yard of their St. Paul home on the West Side. The majority of this interview is devoted to Milavitz's life as a child and young adult. Special consideration is paid to her family and Jewish life, but other topics are covered as well, such as popular music and local politics. This interview was conducted by Judy Aronson as a part of the United Jewish Fund and Council Oral History Project focusing on the West Side Flats/Lower West Side Jewish community in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
A boy and an older man, selling fruit using draft horses and a covered wagon. Irving Cooper (the boy in the driver's seat) was ten years old when the photo was taken. He is working with "Zadie" (Grandfather) Morris.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
An unidentified man carrying a basket with loaves of challah in it. A population census from 1927 indicates that there were about 4000 Jews living in Duluth at the time.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
