Portrait of father and son on vacation

Studio portrait of Elias and Alexander Sedlis

Sopot, Poland, 1927. Portrait of Father and Son

Dr. Elias Sedlis and his son, Alexander, posing for a studio portrait in Sopot. Sopot was a resort city on the Baltic Sea, and part of the Free City of Danzig. Dr. Sedlis was a prominent doctor from Vilna. He was the director of the Jewish hospital there.

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