History Post-confederation (1867-)
Postcards of Essex County
- Publisher
- Biblioasis
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2014
- Category
- Post-Confederation (1867-)
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781927428832
- Publish Date
- Nov 2014
- List Price
- $32.95
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Description
A unique and rare collection of postcards from Essex County, David Newman's Postcards of Essex County documents the churches, factories, fairgrounds, houses, beaches, trains and cars of old Essex. Over 315 cards have been catalogued into fourteen chapters, including sections on Harrow, Leamington, Kingsville, Maidstone and more. A beautiful gift book in hardcover with full-colour illustrations.
About the author
David Newman was born in Chmielnik, Poland, in 1919. He immigrated to Paris with his wife, Anna, and son, Jack, in 1946. In 1951, the Newman family immigrated to Toronto, where they raised their children, Jack and Gloria. David was a performer in Yiddish theatre productions, taught Yiddish to countless students and co-founded the Kol Yisroel congregation at the Borochov Centre. David Newman passed away in 2002.
