Jewish Center in Strand, London (c. 1917)

Item Information

Title:
Jewish Center in Strand, London (c. 1917)
Description:
This lantern slide, “Jewish Center in Strand, London (c. 1917),” shows a group of men and women (a few dressed in military uniforms) seated, socializing, and drinking from cups of, presumably, tea or coffee in the Jewish Community Center in Strand, London. In the background is a woman playing a piano.
Date:
[1917?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Lantern Slide Collection
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918
International Young Men's Christian Association
Springfield College
Lantern slides
Tables
Chairs
Pianos
Pianists
Soldiers
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
3.25x3.25 in
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/2965
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
The connection between this Jewish Center, the Australian forces in World War I, and Springfield College (then known as the International Y.M.C.A. Training School) appears to be Harold Boas (1883-1980), an Australian architect, community planner, and Jewish community leader. During World War I, he served with the Australian branch of the Y.M.C.A., and in 1919 he published “The Australian YMCA: With the Jewish solider of the Australian Imperial Force, Together with a General Survey of the Operations of the Australian Jewish Chaplaincy Department and the English Jewish War Services” (Garden City Press Printers Letchworth, London, England). The inscription in the book reads, “To my friend Leslie Judd in remembrance of 'old times.'” Leslie Judd, who was born in Brisbane, Australia, was Head Coach of the Gymnastics team at Springfield College, and was a pioneer in the development of the modern gymnastic movement. This slide is part of Springfield College’s collection of lantern slides depicting Australian Y.M.C.A. war work during World War I.
Text on border reads, "Aust. Y.M.C.A. Hist. Rec. Sect.; Jewish Centre London."
Part of the Australian Y.M.C.A. WWI Lantern Slide Series
Identifier:
LS-05-46