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Box 2

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Contains 3 Results:

[Boxed stereoscopic slides], undated

 Item — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts series contains items that indicate important milestones in the lives of the members of the Kohnstamm-Reich family. The pocketbook belonged to an earlier generation of the family, perhaps a parent of patriarch and pioneering neurophysiologist Johannes Gad. The ring, link bracelet, and Iron Cross are all from the WWI era, when the family changed permanently, gaining some (Joseph Reich) and losing others (Rudi Kohnstamm, Oskar Kohnstamm, and Johannes Gad Jr.). The war ration book...
Dates: undated

[Two Stereoscopes], undated

 Item — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: The artifacts series contains items that indicate important milestones in the lives of the members of the Kohnstamm-Reich family. The pocketbook belonged to an earlier generation of the family, perhaps a parent of patriarch and pioneering neurophysiologist Johannes Gad. The ring, link bracelet, and Iron Cross are all from the WWI era, when the family changed permanently, gaining some (Joseph Reich) and losing others (Rudi Kohnstamm, Oskar Kohnstamm, and Johannes Gad Jr.). The war ration book...
Dates: undated

[Framed engraving], 1908 May 6

 Item — Box: 2
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This drawing, which seems to be in the format of a book plate, was given to Dr. Oskar Kohnstamm by the artist himself, Marcus Behmer. The engraving itself is signed "Marcotino," which is how Behmer signed some of his work. The artist has also added a note, which reads, "Fuer Herrn Dr. Oskar Kohnstamm in Dankbarkeit, Florenz 6.IV.08 [For Dr. Oskar Kohnstamm in gratitude, Florence 1908 May 6]."

Dates: 1908 May 6