English: The Jewish community in Range towns was relatively tight-knit. Each of the larger towns, including Virginia, Hibbing, Chisholm and Eveleth had a synagogue at one time or another, and much of the community life revolved around activities related to them. The families represented by the children in this photo where children of the first generation of Jewish settlers that had arrived at the turn of the century, mainly from Lithuania by way of Superior, Wisconsin.

Date: 1912
Source: 20.32 cm x 25.40
Format: Black and white photo
Subject: Sports and recreation; Minnesota--Out state--North and West; Children, Clothing and Dress
Coverage: Virginia; St. Louis; Minnesota; United States
Local Identifier: 0317P
Link to our record: http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/jhs,98

From the Steinfeldt Photography Collection of the http://www.jhsum.org.