Photograph: Ye. Epelbaum, 22 y.o.

European Jews

Vistula Krai

1897

Collodion print

9,5 x 6; 10,7 x 16,3

РЭМ 8764-21576

Museum of the Peoples of the USSR

The name Epelbaum originates from the German word “Apfelbaum” (translated as “apple tree”). Probably, an ancestor of the bearer of the name had a garden with an apple tree (we used materials from the website https://toldot.ru/life/lnames/a/). When celebrating the Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year, it was common to eat apples with honey, a symbol of good living.