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Clockwise from top left:

Kopitshinits (Kopyczynce,
Tarnapol province), 1925:
"A Jewish trade. Rope
spinners, father and son."
Brisk (Brzesc nad
Bugiem, Pinsk province):
"In the barracks. Five
families live in this room."

Byale (Biala Podlaska,
Lublin province),
1926: "Alzrielke, the
Shabbes-klaper. On Friday
evenings, he knocks on the
shutters, announcing the
beginning of the Sabbath."
Suchostaw
(Tarnapol province):
The tavern keeper
and his wife."

"Rugbeater in full regalia."

1927: "You can learn
the latest gossip here."

Center:
Varshe (Warsaw):
"The bookkeeping."

11/5
1999

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