Yablokoff, Herman, 1903-1981

Clipping. Includes (clockwise from upper right): Jacob Mestel, Herman Yablokoff, Rose Ponsel (opera singer), Jacob Kalich, Louis Weiss, Hymie Jacobson, Miriam Kressyn, and Itzik Feld. The captions contain references to Mestel's currently playing in "Mekhutonim" at the Yiddish Folks Theatre, and to an upcoming evening in honor of Weiss at the Bronx Art Theatre (the latte event took place on 11 June 1935).

This collection contains the administrative records of the Hebrew Actors’ Union (HAU), the professional union of Yiddish theater performers, which was based in New York City. Materials include correspondence, membership materials, financial records and members’ dues information, meeting minutes, and a great deal of sheet music and play scripts of performances from the Yiddish theater. A majority of these performances were in New York City, but there are also materials from Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, and Montreal, as well as various locations in Israel and South America.

Locality: New York

Flier for the 100th performance of Yablokoff (with photos) in "Der dishvasher" (The Dishwasher) by Yitshak Fridman, with music by Ilia Trilling. 1 item.

Printed message on a postcard, addressed to Jacob Shatzky, signed "Perl," praising a production of "Papirosn," with Herman Yablokoff, at the McKinley Square Theatre, Bronx, New York. 1 item.