Eastern Minkoff Blog

Hello! Thanks to those of you who responded to the first posting. Here are some more photos.

Dad wasn't able to identify anyone other than Aunt Laura on the top right. He thought this would have been around 1920.

The following pictures were part of a series taken with the Bravman/Braveman side of the family. In each photo of Grandma she is somehow obscuring her belly, which led Dad to think she was pregnant with him at the time. The dashing man with her is of course Grandpa, Harry Braveman (who managed to hold himself taller than he was).

I'm named after Cousin Esther Fine (my Hebrew name is Chashka Esther). She was lovingly referred to as "Esther, mine schvester" (Esther, my sister). This is one of the rare photos that actually has a date on the back: February 5, 1926.

This photos is a little random. This is the YMHA Lincolns Social/Athletic Club in Roxbury. I actually found a link to an alumni association for the YMHA, but my email bounced back when I tried to send this to them. Dad took this photo in 1941.

Here are photos of the revered and almost mythical Uncle Morris AKA Uncle Mashy AKA Uncle Maurice Coburne. Legend goes he was the brighest of the bright. Grandma always spoke of him with absolute adoration. Somewhere there is a letter to him from President Woodrow Wilson. There are also letters from him telling of his university life and always asking for money -- or thanking her for money previously sent. Below are some photos that may have been taken at the University of Wisconsin before his untimely death by an ice-skating accident. Grandma mourned him through the rest of her life.

The following picture has handwritting on the back (no clue who wrote it):
"This is for Lena. This is Maurice and a boy two girls whom I don't know. They are two sisters from Bath Maine Maruice says. These girls were to the dance with Maurice."

Please don't hesitate to comment on these!