Photograph: The Turshu family: head Saduk Ilyich, son Ilya Sadukovich, and wife Maria Ilyinichna Turshu.

Karaites

Khabarovsk Krai, Odessky district, city Odessa

Late 19th century

Albumen print

9 x 5,7; 10,7 x 6,4

РЭМ 8966-8

On the reverse of a letterhead card it is printed in printer’s type, “M. Lichtenberg’s Photography in Babadjan’s house, former Isakovich’s, in Richelieu Street, Odessa.” Babadjan’s house (No. 39) in Richelieu Street was not far from the synagogue. In the late 19th century, the photographer Shaya Lichtenberg working in Odessa owned 4 studios.