New Year's Card, ca 1916
Zalman and Etla Kaplan
Note: Inscription is also in German
since Szczuczyn was occupied
by German troops in WWI. |
ca 1897
Zalman Kaplan holds daughter Fania.
Etla Kaplan stands in center.
Kaplan's sisters, Bessie, Haike, and Becky pause in Szczuczyn on the way
to Chicago
and later, Los Angeles. |
[L-R]: Fania (nee Kaplan) Raczkowski,
husband Zyskind
Raczkowski (born in Radzilow), son Szlomo, and Fania's sister
Regina (nee Kaplan) Cyrlak |
Kaplan Studio Garden |
Kaplan Studio Sign |
Polish National Day.
Raising flag in front of Kaplan Studio.
Izak and Regina (nee
Kaplan) Cyrlak.
To left: Mr. Lubecki, town musician in front
of Szejnberg house. Kilinskiego Street. |
Kaplan Studio During Winter
Note: Display cases in front yard
containing sample photos |
Zalman Kaplan (center)
with his family visiting from Zambrow.
Seated: Photographer Meyer Gordon (Kaplan's uncle and mentor), Esther
Gordon
[Standing]: Daughters Nita and Lola. |
Group of Friends, mid 1920's
[Far left with mandolin]: Philip Kaplan.
[Top row, far right]: Bergsztejn (killed in Holocaust). |
Friends from Szczuczyn
visit friends in Stawiski, 1928
[Bottom row, far right]:
Marvin Kaplan
(Mike's father) [Top row, center]: Sonia Wilenski (Wilner) (Mike's
mother).
Sonia's father was chief Cantor in Stawiski. |
[L-R]: Zyskind Raczkowski and
Fania (nee Kaplan) Raczkowski,
Regina (nee Kaplan) and Izak Cyrlak
sporting the latest fashions, mid 1930's.
Photo taken in the Kaplan garden. |
Szczuczyn Drama Circle, early 1920's
Performances benefited
different charities. [Bottom row, far right]: Yitzhak Moshe Wapinski. [Top row, 2nd from left]: Fania Kaplan. |
Mid 1930's
Friends on a visit with Izak Cyrlak |
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Mid 1930's
Regina (nee
Kaplan) Cyrlak
standing next to town sign.
Note: Synagogue is building over her head (peaked roof). North end of
town. |
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Mid 1930's
Izak Cyrlak and wife Regina (nee Kaplan)
At Wissa River bridge, west of town square. Area for swimming and
picnics,
and also for gathering peat. |
Fania (nee Kaplan) Raczkowski
at the family's ebony baby grand piano.
She lived in Bialystok
and toured as
a singer and actress. Perished with son, Shlomo, in the
Holocaust. |
Kaplan Family
[L-R]: Fania (nee Kaplan) Raczkowski,
Zyskind Raczkowski, Etla Kaplan,
Moshe Kaplan, Zalman Kaplan,
Regina Kaplan, Arthur Indurski |
Ziskind Raczkowski and
wife Fania (nee Kaplan) Raczkowski |
Shlomo Raczkowski, Zalman's grandson |
Shlomo Raczkowski, Zalman's grandson, attended a Jewish school in
Bialystok which required this handsome school uniform |
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