Index to Lewiston Auburn area Photographs

Auburn

Holocaust Memorial - Mt Abraham Cemetery, Auburn date not known Inscription :"In Memory of the Six Million Who Died in the Holocaust - We Must Never Forget"
Pillars of Smoke and Fire, Temple Shalom ark door glass date not known "Here is the door of the Ark from Temple Shalom. Pillars of smoke and fire." Nancy O'Neil
Torah Covers and Ark Cloths date not known
David Lavin baby portrait circa 1899 image taken in MA before family moved to Maine
The Globe Yiddish Theater, Auburn, 1914 1914
Group of Actors from the Hebrew Amateur Dramatic Association Aug 12, 1914 Coll S-7144
Ruby Levine Featherweight Champ of Maine circa 1926 While he was mostly a Brooklyn boy he was listed as a resident of Auburn Maine and was the featherweight champion of Maine in 1926: Michael Herzlich
Lillian Potter Berman wedding portrait circa 1927 This image won the photographer, Lillian Tash, first prize in a NE wedding portrait competition. A sad coincidence, the announcement of first prize was made on the day of Lillian's death - she died in childbirth.
Mickey Lavin circa 1929
High School Portrait of Milton Wiener, class of '32 Edward Little HS 1932
I. D. Wiener Store and Garage circa 1930s
Wilner family portrait circa 1937
Harry Isaacson with grandson Jim Gould 1942 My grand parents had a farm at 177 Cook St. during WW II. My mother and I lived there while my father served in North Africa and England during World War II: Jim Gould
Lavins and Isaacsons at a dinner circa 1945
Estelle Cohen and Celia Cohen with their children 1950
Beth Jacob Confirmation Class Group Photo with Rabbi Berent 1955
Four Generations of Baker Family before the first Seder in Auburn 1963
Headstone Molly Sarah and Harry Isaacson 1943 -- 1964
Beth Jacob Boys Wearing Their Tallitot April 10 1964
Sam Isaacson portrait Oct-83
Beth Abraham - 13 Torah covers and 3 Aron Kodesh curtains 2012
Herb Halperin Photo 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Ronnie Wilner Sugarman Photo 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Sandra Traister Photo 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Rabbi Sruli Dresdner and Lisa Mayer circa 1923

Lewiston

New England Furniture Fire
Blatts, Bean, and Shapiro Visit Old Orchard Beach date not known
Cong Beth Jacob Congregational Photo date not known
Isaacson, Berman, Green date not known
Rene Shapiro date not known
New Years Eve Party : Friedmans, Schwartzs, Goldblatts, and other guests Year not known
Abe Miller, Arthur Shapiro and Fannie Abromson Miller, Lewiston JCC members Year not known
Milton and Francis Ward Year not known
YMHA 1912 Basketball Champs (Players to be indentified) circa 1912
Private John Harrisburg 1918
Harris Isaacson's law shingle, Lewiston, 1922 1922
The Lempert sisters circa 1922
Twin City Tire Sale Advertisement June 19, 1922
Irving and Joe Friedman and Queenie circa 1924
Esther Matson and Joe Berman circa 1925
Berman brothers circa 1928 On right is either Ben Berman or Jacob Jack Berman, charlotte Wernick's father: Jocelyn Pollard
Staff of the Sanitary Market 1932
Sanitary Market circa 1932
Louis & Becky Goldberg in front of bakery circa 1935 The photo is of my grandparents Louis & Becky Goldberg. They moved to Lewiston Auburn around 1912-14. They owned the bakery until around 1945 when Louis died. Becky's two brothers, Yossel and Esther Siegel, and Yankel and Bertha, also lived in Lewiston A
Beth Jacob Choir on the Bimah with Rabbi Berent circa 1945 Many thanks to Malca Wilner for identifying 3 people. Ida Wilner is third from the left in the front row. It is believed that Esther Shapiro is the first one on the left in the second row and Gerda Haas is third from the left in the second row.
Cohens on Mountain Ave. Lewiston 1946
Baseball in Franklin Pasture 1947
Cohen Wiener Family Seder 1947
Irwin Cohen and Lilyan Wiener 1947
Mickey Wiener, Arthur Supovitz 1947
Gilbert Shapiro and his Bicycle May 9 1947
Lewiston Auburn couples around table circa 1949
Harris M. Isaacson, Lewiston c. 1950
Style Clothing Company circa 1950 318 Lisbon Street
Style Clothing Company closeup circa 1950
Supovitz Siblings 1952
Six Supovitz Siblings circa 1952 "The four brothers pictured were competing tailors/haberdashers: Morris owned Style Clothing at 316 Lisbon St. while Ben & Saul (& Harry?) owned Supovitz Brothers at 125 Lisbon St." Jim Hurwitz
Hymie and Lena Merson 25th Wedding Anniversary Celebration 1954
Sisterhood Event in Lewiston (?) 1950s
1955 Temple Beth Jacob Confirmation Class 1955
Stephen Levine's Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Elm Hotel, Lewiston 1955
Beth Jacob Confirmation Class Group Photo with Rabbi Berent 1958
1958 Beth Jacob Confirmation Class - Photo 5/23/1958
Eight Couples Celebrating New Years at Jewish Community Center 1963
New Years at the Lewiston JCC - group photo Jan 1 1963
1964 Graduating Seniors, Beth Jacob 1964
Lewiston/Auburn Jewish Community Center Nursery School Class 1965 1965
Rotary Hullabaloo sports team 1966
Lewiston Auburn JCC Chanukah Play December 1967
Lewiston/Auburn Jewish Community Center Nursery School Class 1968 1968
Maine Governor Curtis Signs Proclamation honoring Hadassah late 1960s
Lewiston JCC Field Trip circa 1970
Beth Abraham Synagogue exterior 1975
Lewiston JCC trip to Israel circa 1976
Larry Gilbert and Dr Bernard Lown at a dedication 2008
Dr Bernard Lown, Al Harvie and Mayor Larry Gilbert at Bernard Lown Peace Bridge naming c 2008 Al Harvie was the man who recommended the naming opportunity to the Lewiston legislature
Bernard Lown, physician and activist 06/13/11
Beverly Appelbaum Photo 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Morey Plavin Photo 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Phyllis and Lennie Bell Photo 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Ruth Gordon Halperin Photo 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Supovitz Brothers Building circa 2017
Woman Member of Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center 2021

Lewiston-Auburn

Act from Play with John Isaacson and an unidentified woman date not known
Archie Leibowitz delivering clothing for B'nai B'rith date not known
Art Show with Isaacsons date not known
Haverim luncheon - Ethel Lifshitz, Dorothy Lifshitz, and 15 other women and one man date not known
JCC formal dance date not known
JCC formal dance - 2 date not known
Joe Lifshitz and Shep Lee in front of Advance Auto Sales date not known "Joe Lifshitz and his son, Shep Lee, stand in front of Advance Auto Sales, founded in the late 1930s in Lewiston"
Lewis Bornstein first car in Auburn date not known
Lewiston-Auburn awards presentation - four men date not known
New Year's Eve Party - Lewiston-Auburn - two couples dancing date not known
Passing the leadership gavel - two men date not known
Portrait of Marcy Plavin date not known
Portrait of Rabbi Hillel Katzir date not known
Rabbi Berent and Son Visit to Senate with Sen Margeret Chase Smith and Vice President Lyndon Johnson date not known
Ruth Gordon, Roz Cohen date not known
Tanya Fogelsohn, Linda Greenberg, Vicki Kronenfeld Relaxing With Old Photographs date not known
Twin Cities birthday party date not known
Two women at award presentation date not known
Two women at Jewish Community Center date not known
Bnai Brith function with Izenstat and Shapiro date not known
Hannah Greene and Abe Miller at JCC date not known
Ner Tamid and Ten Commandments - Temple Shalom date not known
Protrait of Judy Halperin with fancy cakes in foreground date not known Judy Halperin Lubets at Elm Hotel. It was Judy's, Helene Schwartz Perry and Ruth Flock Glazerman's 16th Birthday Party: Ruth Gordon Halperin
Abraham Singer Building date not yet known
Arthur Shapiro date not yet known - Elliott Epstein
Bernard Lown, portrait date not yet known
Beth Jacob Ner Tamid date not yet known
Harris Isaacson - golfing at Summit Springs date not yet known
Harris Isaacson - on a fishing trip to New Brunswick date not yet known
Harris Isaacson - skiing date not yet known
JCC Women’s League sponsors Red Cross Bloodmobile drive. date not yet known
LA United Jewish Appeal fund raiser date not yet known
Lewiston-Auburn Jewish men participating in Lewiston Masonic Lodge Ceremony date not yet known
Maine Council of B'nai Brith confers plaque to Maine U S Senator and later Secretary of State Edmund Muskie date not yet known - Elliott Epstein
map around Minsk date not yet known
Owners of Ward Bros at their store on Lisbon St, Lewiston date not yet known - Elliott Epstein
Philip Lown date not yet known - Elliott Epstein
Philip M Isaacson, portrait date not yet known
Rabbi Norman Geller, portrait, long standing religious leader of Beth Jacob date not yet known
Rabbi David Berent, portrait, long standing religious leader of Beth Abraham date not yet known - Elliott Epstein
Sheri Olstein Blows the Shofar date not yet known - Elliott Epstein
The Scolnik family date not yet known
Tom Platz, portrait date not yet known
Ward Bros Ad -1 date not yet known - Elliott Epstein
Wise Trade Company in the Bergin Bloc date not yet known
Isaac Greenberg headstone 26-Nov-1900
Rose and Aaron Karlin ca 1900
Fruma Masha Halperin & Lewis Bornstein, Wedding Day 1902
Goldie Resnick (later Isaacson) - portrait about 1903
Harris M Isaacson - U S Army Cavalry training 1910s
Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA) championship basketball team 1912
Goldie Resnick (later Isaacson) in her class picture 1916
Lewiston-Auburn YMHA baseball team 1916
Beth Jacob Hebrew School Class 1917
Beth Jacob Hebrew School students 1917 - Elliott Epstein
Harris Isaacson - Bates speaking contest 15-Mar-1919
Picnic with the Tarr (Lewiston) and Russakoff (Skowhegan) families 1920 circa
Abraham Plavin 1920s
New England Furniture showroom 1922 - Elliott Epstein
Elsie and Wolfie Goodman ca 1925
Wilfred, Joel, Elsie Goodman 1929
Gordon's Delicatessen and Lunch 1930s
Harry, Eva Isaacson and their extended family about 1930
Bunny Bornstein #55, Bates Varsity circa 1930
Bunny Bornstein, Bates Varsity Team circa 1930
Louis Abromson and the employees of the Sanitary Market 1932
Sanitary Market on Lisbon Street 1934
Harris Isaacson portrait 1930s
Harris M (Isaac Myer) Isaacson 1930s
Seven Alpren Sisters 1930s
Marilyn Isaacson, second grade class photo 1935
Wiener's Parlor Bus, Auburn circa 1930s
Legal appellate Brief between Abraham Singer's tax dispute with the City of Lewistonn 1938
Gerda Schild Haas portrait 1939
Wilfred and Elsie Goodman 1939
Marilyn Isaacson, childhood portrait 1940 - Elliott Epstein
Ben Barr portrait in Army uniform 1944 - Elliott Epstein
Louis Scolnik in Navy uniform 1944 or 1945
Brownie Group photograph - Gilda Trober party 1945
Dr Lester Miller in Army Air Force uniform 1946 is seated at a cafe in Switzerland after the war's end.
Philip Isaacson Aboard LST ship during his service in the Navy in his Navy uniform Jan-46 - Elliott Epstein
Cohen-Wiener Passover Seder 1947
Wedding of Samuel and Marilyn (Isaacson) Simonds
in the Beth Jacob sanctuary 1948
Laying the cornerstone for the enlargement of the Jewish Community Center building 11-Jun-50
JCC Youth Board early 1950s
Ward Bros Ad -2 June 2, 1950 - Elliott Epstein
Beth Jacob Hebrew School Confirmation Ceremony circa 1952
Advance Auto Sales, Inc 1954
Beth Jacob Confirmation Class 1954
JCC Chanukah Celebration 1954
JCC Tercentenary Celebration of Jews in America 1954
Ward Brothers Family photo 1954
Boy Scout Troup No 169 1950s
Gordon's Delicatessen and Lunch II 1950s
JCC Teenage Choral Group 1950s
JCC Youth Activities : duckpin bowling 1950s or 1960s
JCC Youth Activities : table tennis 1950s or 1960s
Joel Goodman 1950s or 1960s
New England Furniture with Art Deco façade 1950s or 1960s - Elliott Epstein
Twin Cities Party 1 1955
Twin Cities Girls Party 4 ca 1955
Inter-Center Weekend, hosted in Lewiston-Auburn Feb 19-20, 1955 - Barbara Blumenthal Stern
Joe Lifshitz and his son Shep Lee late 1950s or early 1960s
Morris and Adele Silverman, wedding photo 1956
World Jewish Children's Day - signing photo with Gov Ed Muskie 1957
Twin Cities-Roz Cohen's Sweet Sixteen Mar-57
Kora Event October 13, 1958
Goldie Isaacson National Federation of Republican Women --- news photo and membership card 1960 - Elliott Epstein
JCC New Year's Eve Dance II 1960
Nussinow family at their Tripp Lake camp circa 1960
Goldie Isaacson at the installation of officers of the Mt. Olivet Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star 1962
Jewish Sorority- Group Photo 1963 - Ani Helmick
JCC Nursery School 1964-1965
Lewiston-Auburn Jewish Community Center, 134 College St, Lewiston 1951-1982
JCC Youth Activities : Dance Party 1960s
JCC Youth Activities : Israeli Dancing for Succoth 1960s
JCC Youth Activities : Jewish Book Month book fair 1960s
JCC Youth Activities : Purim play 1960s
Food Town Ribbon Cutting 1965
JCC Nursery School Mothers' Coffee 7-May-65
Award celebration - Izenstatt and Wise circa 1965
Lewiston Jewish Community Center formal dinner circa 1965
Stuart Cohen, Norman Izenstatt, Julius Wise, Joel Abromson - L-A businessmen 1966
Jewish Community Center Theater Show 5/22/1966
Jewish Community Center Lewiston social event 1967
Youth basketball at the Jewish Community Center 1968
Dr Leonard Bell at UJA event 1969
Enjoying JCC art shows I 1969
JCC New Year's Eve Dance I 1969
Thanksgiving Day school program at Lewiston JCC 1969
Winston Churchill piece at JCC art show 1969
Joseph and Ida Wilner with family at their 50th wedding Anniversary 1970
Two girls wheeling in lunches circa 1970
Presentation to William S. Cohen by Joel Goodman 1975
Wedding of Ellen Simonds in the Beth Jacob sanctuary 1980
Harry Isaacson and Eva Alpren Isaacson - portrait late 1890s
Ward Brothers Sale to a real estate developer 23-Oct-87 - Elliott Epstein
Beth Jacob, exterior view 2000
Temple Shalom, exterior view 2015 - Elliott Epstein
Ellen Simonds Epstein in Radoshkovichi, Belorussia 2005
Irving and Judith Isaacson working in their yard 2005
Marily Isaacson Simonds and the National Child Labor Committee award 2006
Morris and Adele Silverman at home 2007
Bernard Lown at the dedication of Bernard Lown Peace Bridge 2008
Phil Isaacson and family after climbing Mt Washington at age 85 2009 - Elliott Epstein
Ben Barr with his slide trombone 2012 - Elliott Epstein
Elaine Baker and Julius Wise Photo 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Joel Goodman and Barbara Plavin Photo 2013 - Cindy Potter Taylor / Ben Kissen
Louis Scolnik Playing his Saxophone photo on left, 1940s; photo on right, circa 2013
Rabbi Sruli Dresner, David Allen, Lesli Weiner and Ellen Burke celebrating Succoth at Temple Shalom 2015 - Elliott Epstein
Arthur Barr hunting 2016 - Elliot Epstein
Ben Barr's family portrait 2016 - Elliott Epstein
Lighting the Chanukah Menorah at Temple Shalom 2016 - Elliott Epstein
Rabbi Sruli and Rebbetzen Lisa Dresdner playing at a Temple Shalom musical Shabbat service 2016 - Elliott Epstein
Rabbi Sruli Dresdner teaching a Hebrew school class at Temple Shalom 2016 - Elliott Epstein
Beth Abraham Synagogue, Laurel St, Auburn when it closed 2017 - Elliott Epstein
Chanukah celebration at Temple Shalom 2017 - Elliott Epstein
Bertha Bodenheimer holding a torah outside Temple Shalom 20-Sep-20 - Elliott Epstein
David Allen, Temple Shalom board chair, holding a torah for an outdoor service during the COVID pandemic 20-Sep-20 - Elliott Epstein
Harriet and Behzad Fakhery holding torahs outside Temple Shalom 20-Sep-20 - Elliott Epstein
Laurence and Bonnie Faiman holding torahs outside Temple Shalom 20-Sep-20 - Elliott Epstein

Lewiston/ Waterville/ Orono

Hillel Silver Jubilee 1949 Hillel Silver Jubilee Convention Yearbook Cover
Maine Hillel Yearbook, 1949 1949

South Paris

Eddie and Tommy Reeves circa 1950