Details

Subject(s)

• Baby books [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Fiction [Browse]

Notes

Cotsen copy: Baby book of a Jewish child, Edward Jacques Ruff, born Mexico City 22 November 1910. Under First Prayer is given transliterated text of Hebrew prayer beginning " Shemah Yisroel Adonoy Alohano ..." the following list of family members to be blessed is in Yiddish, in contrast with the regular entries which are in English. First trip to the country was to Cuernavaca, however first religious service was near grandparents' home in Long Island. Includes envelope of hair samples.

Contents

• Name
• Weight
• First day in the country
• The first Christmas
• The first tooth
• The first laugh
• First creeping
• First shoes
• The first birthday
• First appearance at table
• First lock of hair
• Locks of hair
• Baby's first photograph
• First day at worship
• First Valentine
• Photographs over five years-- Large photographs
• The first lesson
• Bright sayings
• Important events.

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Provenance

Ruff, Edward Jacques

LCCN

98000744

OCLC

2531887

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