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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

232

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

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt

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

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

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt - Road To Happiness

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

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt - A Mock Marriage

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

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

Herman Levine - Interview

Rise & Fall Of The Borscht Belt - Grossingers Commercial

Bungalow colony, people playing cards, exterior, mid shot

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

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

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

Red Buttons with Elaine Etis, dancing, portrait

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

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

Brickman Hotel, employee, exterior, mid-shot

Hotel Evans, abandoned, flooded basketball court

Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, lobby, wide shot

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

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

Red Buttons, comedian, portrait, comp card

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

Newspaper clip, Sullivan County Treasurer’s Office

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

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

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, wide shot

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

Summer camp, man face painting two children

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

Bill Wayne with other entertainers, tummler, portrait

The Harmony Country Club, buffet table

Hurleyville, abandoned railway station, wide shot

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

Sutton Manor hotel, abandoned, exterior shot

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

Arcadia Lake Hotel postcard

Bungalow colony, people playing cards, exterior, wide shot

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

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

Eddie Fisher, singing, condenser microphone, RCA Victor

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

Jack Carter, comedian, portrait, smiling

Racquetball players, full shot, court, exterior

Hotel Evans, abandoned, long shot

Walter Frohman with his choir, portrait, full shot

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

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

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

Dick Shawn, actor, comedian, comp card, portrait

Hotel Brickman postcard

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

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

Hotel Evans, abandoned, long shot

Hotel pool, bathers, aerial shot

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

Camp Ger entrance, signs, Hebrew text

Hotel Brickman postcard

Eddie Fisher, smiling, portrait, medium close-up

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

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

Aerial shot of Borscht Belt town

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

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior

Postcard of Forest Inn Hotel, Hurleyville

Entertainer, smiling, suit, portrait

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

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

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

Family group, car, portrait, wide shot

Bungalow colony, people playing cards, exterior, wide shot

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

Red Buttons, comedian, performing, full shot

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

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior, abandoned vehicle

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

Hotel Evans, abandoned, “TO BE DEMOLISHED” grafitti

Boarding House, abandoned, exterior, full shot

Flagler Hotel, abandoned, trees, wide shot

Hotel Brickman postcard

Eddie Fisher, singing, mid-shot

Hotel Evans, signs to recreational areas, exterior shot

Landscape, aerial shot

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

Sutton Manor hotel, abandoned, exterior shot

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior, rear view

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

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

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior

Hotel lobby, people, interior

Loch Sheldrake, lakeside hotel, abandoned, full shot

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

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

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

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior, rear view

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

Entertainers, stage, smiling, full shot

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

Drummer, snare drum, full shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, full shot

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

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, close-up

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

Kaufman’s hotel 50s postcard, pool, bathers

Bill Wayne with hotel staff, exterior, portrait

Bar Playhouse sign, exterior shot

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

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, portrait, mid-shot

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

Hotel Evans, abandoned, exterior, abandoned vehicle

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

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

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

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

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

Holidaymakers, contact sheet

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

Hurleyville, abandoned railway station, wide shot

Abandoned hotel, exterior, wide shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, medium close-up

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

Loch Sheldrake, lakeside hotel, abandoned, full shot

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

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

Jan Murray, comedian, portrait, comp card

Bungalow colony, swimming pool, fence, exterior shot

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

Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, two men on stage

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

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

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, mid-shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, medium close-up

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

Joey Bishop, actor, comedian, potrait

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

Flagler Hotel, tennis courts, platers, wide shot

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

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

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

Bungalow colony, women relaxing, lawn, nike trainers

Buddy Hackett, actor, comedian, potrait

Bungalow colony, people playing cards, exterior, mid shot

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

Barney Ross amongst audience, boxer, mid-shot

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

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

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

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

Lakeside hotel, lake, aerial shot

Brickman Hotel, students, sunbathing, exterior

Jerry Lewis, young, smiling, seated

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

Kaufman’s hotel 50s postcard, pool, bathers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hotel grounds, sunbather, chairs, long shot

Alan King and Lucille Ball, actors, party, portrait

Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds leave DC7 American plane

Buddy Hacket, actor, comedian, potrait

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

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

Brickman Hotel, comedians, outdoor performance, seated audience

Boarding House, abandoned, exterior, full shot

Rise & Fall of the Borscht Belt title card

Old man in a cap, country road

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

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

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

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

Hotel Evans, abandoned, long shot

Bungalow colony, landscape, autumn view, long shot

Sam Levenson, TV host, journalist, portrait

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

Brickman Hotel, comedians, outdoor performance, seated audience

Entertainers, contact sheet

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

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

Summer cottages, shrub, trees

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mac Robbins, smiling, portrait, comp card

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

Flagler Hotel, abandoned, trees, wide shot

Bungalow colony, women relaxing, lawn, nike trainers

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

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

Rise & Fall of the Borscht Belt title card

Bungalow colony, landscape, autumn view, long shot

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

Hotel Evans, signs to recreational areas, exterior shot

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

Bungalow colony, facade, wide shot

Orthodox Jews playing baseball,

Flagler Hotel, tennis courts, platers, wide shot

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, exterior, wide shot

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

Buddy Hackett, actor, comedian, potrait

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

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

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

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

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

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

Orthodox Jews playing baseball, Hasidic, mid-shot

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

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

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

Empty hotel dining room

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

Red Buttons with two unidentified men, actor

Hotel pool, bathers, aerial shot

Flagler Hotel, signage, models

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

Laurel Hotel gardens, hotel front, landscape, wide shot