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Borscht Belt

Items relating to the history of the Catskill Mountains’ Jewish resort area – the Borscht Belt.For over 50 years, the Catskill Mountains of New York State were the summer retreat of millions of Jews, mostly of Eastern European origin, from New York City.

Total items

228

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt - Stock Footage (2)

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt - Stock Footage (4)

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt - Stock Footage (1)

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt - Stock Footage (5)

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt - Stock Footage (3)

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt - Road To Happiness

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt - The Good Life At Grossingers

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt - A Mock Marriage

Herman Levine - Interview

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt

Musicians, stage, Paul Grossinger, Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, master of ceremonies, MC, mid-shot

Jack Carter, comedian, portrait, smiling

Joey Bishop, actor, comedian, potrait

Drummer, snare drum, full shot

Entertainer, smiling, suit, portrait

Entertainers, stage, smiling, full shot

Singer, band, Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, mid-shot

Dick Shawn with elderly man and woman, actor comedian, portrait, mid-shot

Jerry Lewis, young, smiling, seated

Flagler Hotel, tummler, entertaining, stage, musicians, audience

Red Buttons with woman and Danny Kaye, Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, actor, smiling, medium close-up

Mac Robbins, smiling, portrait, comp card

Walter Frohman with his choir, portrait, full shot

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, portrait, mid-shot

Jan Murray, comedian, portrait, comp card

Red Buttons, comedian, portrait, comp card

Aerial shot of Borscht Belt town

Family group, car, portrait, wide shot

Newspaper clip, Sullivan County Treasurer’s Office

Brickman Hotel entrance, car, people, landscape, wide shot

Brickman Hotel, students, sunbathing, exterior

Lakeside hotel, lake, aerial shot

Hotel lobby, people, interior

Barney Ross amongst audience, boxer, mid-shot

Jack Benney and George Jessel, actor, comedian, mid-shot

Myron Cohen, comedian, raconteur, stage, laughing, mid-shot

Alan King and Paul Grossinger, smiling, bar, mid-shot

Eddie Fisher, smiling, portrait, medium close-up

Eddie Fisher, singing, Shure condenser microphone, mid-shot

Eddie Fisher, singing, mid-shot

Eddie Fisher and Eddie Cantor with gold disc, RCA Victor, mid-shot

Eddie Fisher with two boxers, portrait, fists, mid-shot

Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, embrace, smiling, mid-shot

Bill Wayne with hotel staff, exterior, portrait

Bill Wayne with woman, “tummler”, entertainer, exterior, full shot

Landscape, aerial shot

Hotel Evans, people, calisthenetics, exterior, pool, high angle shot

Empty hotel dining room

The Harmony Country Club, buffet table

George Jessel, actor, singer, songwriter, film producer, portrait

Sam Levenson, TV host, journalist, smiling, bow tie, portrait

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, portrait, autograph, mid-shot

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, seated, portrait, full shot

Jerry Lewis with young woman and man, smiling, Brown’s Hotel, jukebox

Charles and Lillian Brown’s Hotel, Jerry Lewis Theatre Club, crowd, exterior

Robert Merill, actor, operatic baritone, comp card, portrait, mid-shot

Dick Shawn, actor, comedian, comp card, portrait

Red Buttons, comedian, performing, full shot

Milton Berle, actor, comedian, smiling, Golden Age of Television, portrait, mid-shot

Joey Bishop, actor, comedian, comp card, potrait, mid-shot

Jerry Lewis, smiling, The Bellboy, Cinderfella, portrait, mid-shot

Eddie Cantor, actor, comedian, thumbs-up, portrait, mid-shot

Rodney Dangerfield, actor, comedian, performing, band, musicians, full shot

Eddie Fisher, actor, singer, The Eddie Fisher Show, portrait, mid-shot

Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds with children Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher, seated, portrait

Robert Alda, actor, staircase, waving, portrait, full shot

Female bathers, Flagler Hotel, pool, portrait, smiling, wide shot

Master of ceremonies, MC, entertainers, Flagler Hotel, full shot

Female bather, Flagler Hotel, poolside, portrait, cars, landscape, full shot

Eddie Fisher and Eddie Cantor, singing, Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, mid-shot

Male bathers, Flagler Hotel, pool, portrait, smiling, wide shot

Lou Goldstein, tummler, Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, Simon Says, pool, smiling, portrait

Hotel Brickman postcard

Hotel Brickman postcard

Hotel Brickman postcard

Arcadia Lake Hotel postcard

Postcard of Forest Inn Hotel, Hurleyville

Lou Goldstein, tummler, Brickman Hotel, Simon Says, lawn, seated audience, profile shot

Lou Goldstein, tummler, Brickman Hotel, Simon Says, lawn, seated audience, full shot

Lou Goldstein, tummler, Brickman Hotel, Simon Says, lawn, seated audience, full shot

Lou Goldstein, tummler, Brickman Hotel, Simon Says, lawn, seated audience, full shot

Brickman Hotel, lawn, seated audience, laughing, wide shot

Brickman Hotel, comedians, outdoor performance, seated audience

Brickman Hotel, comedians, outdoor performance, seated audience

Brickman Hotel, employee, exterior, mid-shot

Herman Levine, Jewish Agricultural Society, profile, mid-shot

Herman Levine, Jewish Agricultural Society, close-up, portrait

Herman Levine, Jewish Agricultural Society, portrait, mid-shot

Bill Wayne, George Marvin, Danny Shaw, portrait, full shot

Bill Wayne, “The Dentist Extracts a Tooth on a Bridge”, full shot

Summer camp, man face painting two children

Bungalow colony, swimming pool, fence, exterior shot

Seven Star Cottages handball court, three boys playing, nike trainers

Orthodox Jews playing baseball,

Hotel pool, bathers, aerial shot

Hotel pool, bathers, aerial shot

Bar Playhouse sign, exterior shot

Sutton Manor hotel, abandoned, exterior shot

Sutton Manor hotel, abandoned, exterior shot

Hotel Evans, abandoned, “TO BE DEMOLISHED” grafitti

Flagler Hotel, abandoned, trees, wide shot

Young’s Gap Hotel, abandoned, exterior, wide shot

Bungalow colony, facade, wide shot

Loch Sheldrake, houses, appartments, lakeshore, boat, wide shot

Camp Ger entrance, signs, Hebrew text

Hotel Evans, abandoned, long shot

Bungalow colony, landscape, autumn view, long shot

Boarding House, abandoned, exterior, full shot

Hotel Evans, abandoned, dining room, interior, wide shot

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior, abandoned vehicle

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior, rear view

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior

Bungalow colony, women relaxing, lawn, nike trainers

Hurleyville, abandoned railway station, wide shot

Hotel Evans, signs to recreational areas, exterior shot

Bungalow colony, people playing cards, exterior, mid shot

Bungalow colony, people playing cards, exterior, wide shot

Bungalow colony, people playing cards, laughing, exterior, wide shot

Milton Kutsher, hotelier, Kutsher’s Hotel, profile, protrait, exterior, lake, mid-shot

Loch Sheldrake, lakeside hotel, abandoned, full shot

Orthodox Bungalow Baseball League t-shirt, Super Motors Used Cards sponsor, close-up

Rise & Fall of the Borscht Belt title card

Kaufman’s hotel 50s postcard, pool, bathers

Buddy Hacket, actor, comedian, potrait

Zero Mostel, actor, comedian, sweeping, portrait, interior, full shot

Flagler Hotel, tennis courts, platers, wide shot

Camp Ga-Li-La dining room, staff, wide shot

Hotel Evans, abandoned, long shot

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior, abandoned vehicle

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior, rear view

Boarding House, abandoned, exterior, full shot

Hotel Evans, abandoned, dining room, interior, wide shot

Bungalow colony, landscape, autumn view, long shot

Milton Kutsher, hotelier, Kutsher’s Hotel, profile, protrait, exterior, lake, mid-shot

Hurleyville, abandoned railway station, wide shot

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior

Bungalow colony, people playing cards, exterior, wide shot

Bungalow colony, women relaxing, lawn, nike trainers

Bungalow colony, people playing cards, exterior, mid shot

Bungalow colony, people playing cards, laughing, exterior, wide shot

Hotel Evans, signs to recreational areas, exterior shot

Orthodox Bungalow Baseball League t-shirt, Super Motors Used Cards sponsor, close-up

Camp Ga-Li-La dining room, staff, wide shot

Loch Sheldrake, lakeside hotel, abandoned, full shot

Kaufman’s hotel 50s postcard, pool, bathers

Buddy Hacket, actor, comedian, potrait

Zero Mostel, actor, comedian, sweeping, portrait, interior, full shot

Rise & Fall of the Borscht Belt title card

Flagler Hotel, tennis courts, platers, wide shot

Phil Silvers, comedic actor, The Phil Silvers Show, The King of Chutzpah, friends, lawn, full shot

Shelley Winters and Tony Franciosa, actors, reclining at Lou Goldstein’s Simon Says, full shot

Alan King and Lucille Ball, actors, party, portrait

Mal Z. Lawrence, actor, comedian, portrait, medium close-up

Joey Bishop, actor, comedian, potrait, medium close-up

Milton Berle with woman, actor, comedian, Golden Age of Television, portrait, mid-shot

Sam Levenson, TV host, journalist, portrait

Red Buttons with two unidentified men, actor

Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, two men on stage

Eddie Fisher, singing, condenser microphone, RCA Victor

Eddie Fisher and Eddie Cantor, on stage, lecturn, smiling

Eddie Fisher, hotel pool, female bathers, “bathing beauties”, “bathing belles”, full shot

Sid Caesar, comic actor, piano, entertainers, stage, Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, portrait, wide shot

Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, exterior, wide shot

Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, lobby, wide shot

Jennie Grossinger, hotel executive, philanthropist, George Jessel, actor, singer, on stage, Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, mid shot

Amateur chorus line on stage, Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, wide shot

Pieing, pie throwing, Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, full shot

Jerry Lewis and Paul Grossinger, crowd, portrait, exterior shot

Summer cottages, shrub, trees

Flagler Hotel, abandoned, trees, wide shot

Hotel Evans, abandoned, long shot

Hotel Evans, abandoned, flooded basketball court

Bill Wayne with other entertainers, tummler, portrait

Buddy Hackett, actor, comedian, Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, newsstand, portrait, mid-shot

Eddie Fisher with female bathers, “bathing beauties”, “bathing belles”, hotel pool, splashing, wide shot

Entertainers, contact sheet

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, mid-shot from rear

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, mid-shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, wide shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, full shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, pitcher, glove, mid-shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, Ba-Tampte Pickle snapback cap, portrait, mid-shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, medium close-up

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, Ba-Tampte Pickle snapback cap, portrait, mid-shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, close-up

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, Ba-Tampte Pickle snapback cap, smiling, portrait, mid-shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, Ba-Tampte Pickle snapback cap, smiling, portrait, medium close-up

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, medium close-up

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, sunglasses, portrait, medium close-up

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, Ba-Tampte Pickle snapback cap, mid-shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, mid-shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Irvington baseball t-shirt, close-up

Herman Levine, Jewish Agricultural Society, seated, mid-shot

Herman Levine, Jewish Agricultural Society, seated, mid-shot

Herman Levine, Jewish Agricultural Society, seated, profile, mid-shot

Holidaymakers, contact sheet

Hotel grounds, sunbather, chairs, long shot

Hotel stand up comedy, hotel grounds, exterior, small crowd, wide shot

Lilian Brown, Brown’s Hotel, seated, office, portrait

Old man in a cap, country road

Racquetball players, full shot, court, exterior

Milton Berle and Phil Silvers with others, seated, Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, wide shot

Joey Bishop, actor, comedian, potrait, mid-shot

Joey Adams, comedian, vaudevillian, author, portrait, mid-shot

Abraham and Molly Brickman, Brickman Hotel owners, couple, portrait, full shot

Red Buttons with Elaine Etis, dancing, portrait

Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds leave DC7 American plane

Abandoned hotel, exterior, wide shot

Buddy Hackett, actor, comedian, potrait

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, Bill Wayne, tummler, mock wedding, adjusting spectacles, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, mock wedding, film crew, soundman, man in dress and hat, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, Bill Wayne, tummler, mock wedding, grinning, portrait, full shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, Bill Wayne, tummler, mock wedding, portrait, pulling a funny face

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, mock wedding, woman seated, portrait, full shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, Bill Wayne, tummler, mock wedding, portrait, holding fake cigar, portrait, smiling, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, Bill Wayne, tummler, mock wedding, adjusting spectacles, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, mock wedding, man in dress, woman in tall hat, smiling, portrait, mid shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, mock wedding, man in sunglasses smiling, portrait, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, Bill Wayne, tummler, mock wedding, grinning, portrait, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, mock wedding, male “bride” with pig’s snout, female “groom” laughing, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, mock wedding, male “bride” with pig’s snout, female “groom”, smiling, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, mock wedding, Dorothy Wayne, seated, smiling, portrait, full shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, mock wedding, man in a dress and hat with woman, smiling, potrait, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, Bill Wayne, tummler, mock wedding, portrait, smoking fake cigar, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, Bill Wayne, tummler, mock wedding, adjusting spectacles, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, mock wedding, male “bride” with pig’s snout kissing female “groom”, mid-shot

Sackett Lake, Laurels Hotel, Bill Wayne with woman in tall hat, tummler, mock wedding, grinning, portrait, mid-shot

Owner of Lakeside Hotel Mrs Gold with daughter Seema Nelson, portrait