Here Comes Moyshe Haim

You may remember a somewhat legendary story about Moyshe Haim that I posted in September. Well, now I know what he looked liked. Tetya Rosa, thank you so much for scanning in these wonderful old photographs and emailing them to us.

In the photo above, Moyshe Haim is sitting down with his wife Mati (Matilda may have been her full name). Their two daughters, Dora (on the left) and Eva, are standing behind them. Dora is my great grandmother--my grandfather's mother.

I was intrigued that the photo has English writing on it--"cabinet portrait," so I looked it up. "Cabinet portrait" seems to refer to the photograph's format, which originated in England in mid 19th century and soon became very popular. Judging from other old photographs that say "cabinet portrait" on them, I think the back of the photo may have more information about where and when the photo was taken.