Official photo album of the graduating class of the Israeli-Brazilian Gymnasium in Rio de Janeiro – 1958. The album contains large photographs of the gymnasium’s teachers and students, with their names, as well as the students’ signatures at the beginning of the album.
There are 31 photographs in the album of the gymnasium students in uniform with the school badge, as well as their teachers and educators.
The “Ginásio Israelita Brasileiro” was a Jewish educational institution in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was one of the most important and long-standing Jewish schools in the city, dedicated to preserving Jewish and Hebrew identity among the Jewish students who were educated there. The school provided both general education and Jewish-Zionist education and served as an important cultural center for the Jewish community in the city. This graduating class, like many others, was part of the strong and organized Jewish community in the city, and the alumni of the school went on to be involved in the community, various professions, and public life.
Album Size: 34×26 cm. Photographs: 24×18 cm, and 18×12 cm. Gold lettering on the cover and title page. The title page is partially detached. The last page is detached. Condition: Good – very good.
