Box 24, 1940-1997
Abstract
The newspaper articles, photographs, objects and LP records illustrate the life of a Jewish family in the western United States. Some of the material is about Dorothy Bercu Gross who had been a Vaudville dancer and then was a fitness instructor. Her husband was a physician.
Dates
- 1940-1997
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet : flat box (19 x 14 x 3 inches) ; 19 x 14 x 3 inches
Scope and Contents
Four folders with ephemera, a cartoon, drawing, and newspaper article; two envelopes with small photographs from the 1940s and 1950s that were stored in a box addressed to Dr. Gross in Lake City Utah; two black and white photographs of Dorothy Bercu Gross; a photograph of a Jewish boy on metel; bean bag made of suade with red pepper image and the words "Anaheim Red;" advertisements for Persantine dipyidamole medicine consisting of four small placques with images from the 1400s to the 1700s; a newspaper article on Dorothy Gross's exercise class; Dorothy Gross' "Figure Magic" LP records with music for exercising; and two Lp records of the Boston Symphony Orchestra produced by the Overseas Branch of Office of War Information and distributed to the Army Air Force during World War II.
Creator
- From the Collection: Bercu Family (Family)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository