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Title, Date	Artist / Culture	Accession number	Medium	Dimensions	Credit line	Rights
An open sewer in the Jewish district of Lublin, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.44	gelatin silver print	Image: 20.8 x 20.3 cm (8 3/16 x 8 in.); Paper: 20.8 x 20.3 cm (8 3/16 x 8 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Musarnik (follower of the Musar movement) studying in a yeshiva, Wilno, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.34	gelatin silver print	Image: 34.6 x 27.1 cm (13 5/8 x 10 11/16 in.); Paper: 35.2 x 27.9 cm (13 7/8 x 11 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Meeting point of the high and low streets in the Jewish quarter, Bratislava, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.42	gelatin silver print	Image: 16.7 x 24.7 cm (6 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Shoe Seller, Innere Stadt, a Jewish District of Vienna, 1930s	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.31	gelatin silver print	Image: 30.1 x 27.2 cm (11 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 x 28 cm (13 7/8 x 11 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Rabbi Yechiel Chaim Wagschal, assistant to Rabbi Baruch Rabinowitz..., c. 1937–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.32	gelatin silver print	Image: 26 x 34.7 cm (10 1/4 x 13 11/16 in.); Paper: 28 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Interior courtyard of a home on Nalewki Street, a shopping area in a..., c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.35	gelatin silver print	Image: 34.4 cm (13 9/16 in.); Paper: 33.8 x 27.9 cm (13 5/16 x 11 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Crowded street in a Jewish district of Warsaw on the Sabbath, when all..., c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.45	gelatin silver print	Image: 16.4 x 24.6 cm (6 7/16 x 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Grandfather and granddaughter, Warsaw, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.46	gelatin silver print	Image: 26.9 x 26.2 cm (10 9/16 x 10 5/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 x 27.6 cm (13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Albert Einstein in his office, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1942	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.48	gelatin silver print	Image: 34 x 26.3 cm (13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.); Paper: 34 x 26.3 cm (13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.); Mounted: 50.6 x 40.5 cm (19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
In the synagogue courtyard, Wilno, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.36	gelatin silver print	Image: 39 x 39 cm (15 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.); Paper: 50.5 x 40.5 cm (19 7/8 x 15 15/16 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
The house of a middle-class Jewish family, village in Carpathian Ruthenia, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.33	gelatin silver print	Image: 24.4 x 34.7 cm (9 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
At the Karcelak, the open-air market in Warsaw, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.39	gelatin silver print	Image: 19.1 x 19.1 cm (7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.); Paper: 23.4 x 20.3 cm (9 3/16 x 8 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Marc Chagall, New York, 1941 (printed later)	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.50	gelatin silver print	Image: 30.7 x 25.9 cm (12 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
A Jewish home, Lublin, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.40	gelatin silver print	Image: 19.3 x 24.1 cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Paper: 19.9 x 24.8 cm (7 13/16 x 9 3/4 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Fish seller in the open-air market on Friday, Kazimierz, Krakow, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.41	gelatin silver print	Image: 27 x 34.5 cm (10 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.); Paper: 27 x 34.5 cm (10 5/8 x 13 9/16 in.); Mounted: 41.1 x 50.5 cm (16 3/16 x 19 7/8 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Hasidic man wearing a shtreimel (fur hat) on the Sabbath, Kazimierz, Krakow, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.47	gelatin silver print	Image: 39.2 x 43.3 cm (15 7/16 x 17 1/16 in.); Paper: 48.7 x 57.8 cm (19 3/16 x 22 3/4 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
The Mask of Tragedy, 1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.29	gelatin silver print	Image: 34 x 26.9 cm (13 3/8 x 10 9/16 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.6 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
The notice on the wall reads "Come Celebrate Chanukah." These men are..., c.1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.30	gelatin silver print	Image: 27.2 x 26.1 cm (10 11/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Paper: 35.3 x 27.8 cm (13 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Porter Nat Gunman, Warsaw, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.37	gelatin silver print	Image: 22.8 x 17.8 cm (9 x 7 in.); Paper: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
One man is on his way home, the other man has nowhere to go, Warsaw, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.38	gelatin silver print	Image: 34.3 x 26.3 cm (13 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Entrance to the historic court of Rabbi Gedaliah, Jewish district of Lublin, c. 1935–1938	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.43	gelatin silver print	Image: 20.6 x 19.4 cm (8 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.); Paper: 25.4 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 1/16 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©
Man playing pétanque, Annot, Provence, France, c. 1932	Roman Vishniac (American, 1897–1997)	2017.49	gelatin silver print	Image: 19.7 x 24.5 cm (7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)	Gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn	©

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