Images scavenged from old newspapers
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Me, my father, my father’s father.
The cover of a 1940s parenting book, found in the library of Cayucos, CA.
A crocheted portrait of Bambi found in the streets of Lyon. On the back, written on butcher paper in pencil, it says “Aurélie 8 ans.”
Unknown subject, taken by family member
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Couple kissing in Paris, taken by family member
Unknown subject, taken by family member
Salvaged photographs (circa 1980) from my father’s camera.
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Paternal relative Arthur Fitger, German poet, painter and playwright.
Claude “Pop” Laval (Great-great-grandfather / Central Valley photographer).
Great-great Grandfather Joe Kahn, last vestige of our CA Jewish cowboy roots, bar mitzvahed in a Stockton synagogue in the 1800s
Joe, older
Great-great Grandmother Mabel Kahn
A Kahn family portrait
Kahn and Laval family portrait
Maternal grandfather, Claude Constant Laval
Great-Grandmother at the dentist
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My great-grandmother Marian and her brother Auren.
Maternal grandfather and his younger brother (1930s).
Maternal grandfather, Fresno, early 1940s.
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A family gathering
A family portrait, (sans the photographer, my great-grandfather).
Maternal grandfather (center), 1950s.
Great-grandmother (and fashion icon) Marian Kahn.
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Marian in another stylish outfit.
An ever-inspiring source of coolness
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Ancestor Daniel Kahn, revolutionary fighting for Jewish emancipation in the German Revolution of 1848 and pioneer in gold-rush CA, buried in hometown. (Photograph taken by a family member circa 1950s-60s and rediscovered in my grandfather’s garage,
The front of Daniel Kahn’s gravestone.
Custom beer mug from 1865 depicting Great x3 Grandfather Daniel Kahn
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Daniel’s grave finally located after years of searching. Taken in person at the jüdischer friedhof Kuppenheim.
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Grave of ancestor (and father of Daniel Kahn) Jonas Kahn, jüdischer friedhof Kuppenheim.
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The grave of ancestor (and great-grandfather of Daniel Kahn) Lieberman ben Jona Kahn, jüdischer friedhof Kuppenheim.