View of 185th-186th Streets and Amsterdam Ave., looking northwest. Street had empty lots, trolley car power station, old army barracks. Currently site of Mendel Gottesman Library building.
Rabbis and other leaders of RIETS (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary) celebrating moving Torah scrolls from 301 E. Broadway to Yeshiva's new main building in Washington Heights. Pictured in... Show moreRabbis and other leaders of RIETS (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary) celebrating moving Torah scrolls from 301 E. Broadway to Yeshiva's new main building in Washington Heights. Pictured in front, center is President Bernard Revel, flanked by philanthropist Harry Fischel and Rabbi Moses S. Margolies (with Torah scroll). Show less
Original faculty of Yeshiva College. Seated, left to right: Dr. Jacob Silverman, Instructor in Science; Dr. Isaac Husik, Professor of Philosophy; Dr. Charles F. Horne, Professor of English; Dr. Ber... Show moreOriginal faculty of Yeshiva College. Seated, left to right: Dr. Jacob Silverman, Instructor in Science; Dr. Isaac Husik, Professor of Philosophy; Dr. Charles F. Horne, Professor of English; Dr. Bernard Revel, President of Yeshiva College; Dr. Shelley R. Saphire, Professor of Biology and Dean of Yeshiva College; Dr. Nelson P. Mead, Professor of History; Dr. Bernard Drachman, Instructor in German; Mr. Jekuthiel Ginsburg, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. Standing, left to right: Mr. Abraham B. Hurwitz, Instructor in Health Education; Dr. George Falion, Instructor in Latin; Dr. Solomon A. Rhodes, Instructor in French; Mr. Gustav A. Schultz, Instructor of Public Speaking; Dr. Moses L. Isaacs, Instructor in Chemistry. Show less