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Victor Petschnikov
- Accession Number
- 1996-1-3
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 1996-1-3
- Material Format
- object
- Physical Description
- 12 glass panels
- Date
- [after 1922]
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of painted glass panels from the Henry Street synagogue (now a Russian Orthodox Church). Each panel is circular with a blue background, a picture in the center and one of the names of the twelve tribes of Israel written in black. The pictures on the panels are as follows: snake, stag, boat, grapes, palm tree, flag with twelve stars, lion, landscape with two trees and two mountains, sword, hoofed animal, sheaf of wheat, and a donkey. It is believed that the glass panels were not part of the original design of the building and were added later.
- Administrative History
- The Henry Street Synagogue, also known as Beth Jacob or the Polisher shul, was formed as a congregation sometime before 1907. They moved into the new building on Henry Street (designed by Benjamin Brown) in 1922. The building is now a Russian Orthodox Church. The synagogue moved from it's Henry Street location north in 1966.
- Source
- Archival Accessions