- Πρόσωπο
- male
- 21 Οκτωβρίου 1889
- Russia
- 1 Σεπτεμβρίου 1973
- Florida
- Δάσκαλος (1917) | Χρηματιστής
- Αγγλικά
- Avedon, Louise (1925-1968) | Avedon, Richard (1923-2004)
- Avedon, Anna (1889-1996)
- Avedon
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Born in Russia in 1889, Jacob Israel Avedon endured a difficult childhood in America, including several years in a Jewish orphanage. After studying at the College of the City of New York, he taught elementary school in Hell's Kitchen. In 1917, he and a brother opened a women's retail shop on Fifth Avenue, which lasted until the Depression led to its closing in 1930. Later, he moved to Sarasota, Florida, where he began a new life as a stockbroker. His biography reads as a classic narrative of the struggles of an American Jewish immigrant.
⟶ Jewish Museum
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