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Members of the Michaelevsky family play chess outside in the yard of their home in Petrograd, Russia.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 61679

Members of the Michaelevsky family play chess outside in the yard of their home in Petrograd, Russia.

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Caption: Members of the Michaelevsky family play chess outside in the yard of their home in Petrograd, Russia.
Date: Circa 1910 - 1920
Locale: Leningrad, [Leningrad] USSR
Variant Locale: Sankt-Peterburg,
St. Petersburg
Russia
Petrograd
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Genya Markon

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Genya Markon

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Keyword: CHESS CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH) GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (RUSSIAN/SOVIET) RECREATION TABLES WOMEN
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- USSR/Russia -- Family/Friends/Portraits

Record last modified:: 2004-04-22 00:00:00
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