The cornerstone-laying ceremony at the site of YIVOs new building on Wiwulski Street, Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lith.), 1929. Marching bands and school children parade; crowds listen to speeches by (in order) Tsemaḥ Szabad, Max Weinreich, Elye Tsherikover; unidentified, Perets Hirshbeyn. Others in the crowd include: Zalmen Reyzen (man with cigarette coming toward camera) and Zelig Kalmanovitch. (Amateur film shot by American Jewish travel agent Gustave Eisner.) #TBT
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 20:00:01 +0000