Bidspirit auction | (AMERICAN-JUDAICA). Philadelphia Jewish Loan Society

(AMERICAN-JUDAICA). Philadelphia Jewish Loan Society Record-Book. Manuscript in Yiddish.  pp. 470. Lightly stained. Contemporary boards. Folio. Philadelphia, 1912-19.     Recording the minutes of meetings of a Philadelphia Jewish loan society located on Appletree Street. This substantial Pinkas contains many hundreds of names of individuals who were a part of Philadelphia’s Jewish community in the early 20th century. A wealth of information to be mined for historical and genealogical use.