Five pictures of Lithuanian rabbis and yeshiva deans. [ca. early 20th century].
• Portrait of a rabbi, studio photograph (cabinet card). [Early 20th century].
Handwritten inscription on verso: "R. Itzel Ponovezher" [this photograph is different from the famous pictures of R. Yitzchak Yaakov Rabinowitz Rabbi of Ponovezh (1854-1919), who was known in the Torah world as R. Itzele of Ponovezh, yet it may have been taken in his old age].
• Portrait of R. Chaim Rabinowitz, studio photograph (carte de visite). [Telz, ca. 1910]. Handwritten inscription on verso: "Chaim Rabinowitz".
The present photograph is unknown, and it predates the photograph from his final years appearing on the class picture of the Telz yeshiva in 1928.
R. Chaim Rabinowitz (1860-1930), dean of the Telz yeshiva. His lectures were published in the Chiddushei Rabbi Chaim MiTelz series.
• Portrait of R. Chaim Segal of Rotzki, photograph printed on postcard (trimmed). [Lithuania, ca. 1910s-1920s]. Handwritten inscription in the margins: "R. Chaim Segal, der Rotzker".
R. Chaim Segal (1845-1914), rabbi of Rotzki (Raczki) and Yanova. He authored Orach LeChaim.
• Real photo postcard, "Leadership of the Rabbinical Conference in Lithuania - 6th Iyar 1926 - Kovno". [Kovno, 1926]. The photograph depicts nine rabbis sitting at the head table, and other rabbis. The leading rabbis include R. Avraham Dov Ber Kahana Shapira - rabbi of Kovno, and R. Zelig Reuven Bengis - rabbi of Kalvaria. Stamp of the Executive Committee of the Union of Rabbis in Lithuania on verso.
• Portrait of R. Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, the Ponovezher Rav, photograph (pasted on card). [Bnei Brak?, ca. 1960s].
5 items. Approx. 11.5X7 cm to 17X11 cm. Overall good condition. Stains and minor damage. Folding marks and tiny tears to postcard of rabbinic conference in Lithuania.