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Studio portrait of Dvora Esther Gelfer
Vilna, Poland, no date. Portrait of a Jewish Philanthropist
Portrait of Dvora Esther Gelfer (1817-1907). Gelfer was a philanthropist and founder of a gemilut chesed (a charitable foundation). Here Gelfer is wearing an elaborate bonnet and shaytl (wig).