- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Cohen, Levi
- Creator:
- unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1863
- Subject:
- Clothing & dress--1860-1870
Hairstyles--1860-1870
People--Georgia--Atlanta
Portraits
Jews--Georgia--Atlanta - People:
- Cohen, Levi, b. ca. 1833
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Portrait of Levi Cohen, founding member of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, reproduced from a double ambrotype.
Hebrew; group; beard; frame; tie; ambrotype; Dean and Emerson; Littlefield; Parsons
Levi Cohen (1834-1909) was a Jewish tinsmith who came to America from Germany in 1850 and moved to Atlanta in 1862. He was a founding member of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in 1867 and married to Sara Solomons, originally from Savannah, who was the first president of the Religious School Board. His granddaughter, Lucille, was married to Leo Frank. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.4060A.001
ahc1704060001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1320
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 5 x 6 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
