Guide to the Jacob Ruben Newburgh, New York photographs, 1921-1922
Jacob Ruben Newburgh, New York photographs
C0308
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August 14, 2017
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Beckman
Administrative Information
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the Jacob Ruben Newburgh, New York photographs must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Jacob Ruben Newburgh, New York photographs, C0308, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Purchased by Special Collections and Archives staff before January 2016.
Processing Information
Processing completed by Elizabeth Beckman in August 2017. EAD markup completed by Elizabeth Beckman in August 2017.
Biographical Information
Photographer Jacob Ruben was born in Russia in 1882 to a Jewish family. The family came to America in the late 1880s (1910 US Census). Ruben and his wife Sarah lived in Newburgh, New York, a town in the Hudson Valley between New York City and Poughkeepsie, and had three children, Rachel, Harry, and Beatrice (1920 U.S. Census). According to the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Ruben was a stationer/publisher, and he "became a well-known commercial photographer in the Hudson River Valley area near Newburgh for over four decades until after the Second World War." Ruben died in 1974 (Dumbarton Oaks Research Libary and Collection).
Bibliography
'Ruben Publishing Co.,' Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, accessed August 14, 2017.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of sixteen 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" silver gelatin photographic prints dating from 1921-1922. Four of the photos depict a brick building under construction in 1921, and the other twelve depict homes and residential areas in 1921-1922.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the order it was received.
Related Material
The Special Collections Research Center holds other historic photograph collections, including the Larkin Family photograph collection.
Index Terms
- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Newburgh (N.Y.)
- Architecture
- Gelatin silver prints
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
- Newburgh (N.Y.)