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Title, Date	Artist / Culture	Accession number	Medium	Dimensions	Credit line	Rights
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	©
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	©
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	©
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	©
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	©
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	©
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	©
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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