{"id":604,"date":"2011-06-08T15:16:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T19:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/"},"modified":"2011-06-13T21:45:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T01:45:46","slug":"occupation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupational Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-4de5ac3304b1b74f53ebd76db57d87e2-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/slideshow'>[Show as slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/professionsfront.jpg\"\n               title=\"&lt;p&gt;For many Jews, Maine has been a place to work. As 19th- and early 20th-century Jews entered Maine\u2019s society they searched for ways to fit in and contribute.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Many first worked as peddlers: buying, selling and transporting goods throughout the state. They provided a valuable service to those living in the small towns and rural areas of Maine. Life as a peddler wasn\u2019t easy: constant travel placed great strains on these recent immigrants.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Within two to five years most Jewish peddlers either left Maine or advanced into less demanding occupations. By opening stores in towns and cities, Jews began to plant long-lasting roots throughout Maine. Those who settled down and formed enduring communities looked to their children to fulfill what they saw as the American dream. Education and Professional jobs became central to the success stories of many Jews.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Not all Jews, however, followed this path. Some embraced a different vision of success, one which took advantage of Maine\u2019s rural opportunities.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Curated by Spencer Kasko &#039;12&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/professionsfront.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_professionsfront.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"29\"\n               data-title=\"Contributing, Advancing, Succeeding\"\n               data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;For many Jews, Maine has been a place to work. As 19th- and early 20th-century Jews entered Maine\u2019s society they searched for ways to fit in and contribute.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Many first worked as peddlers: buying, selling and transporting goods throughout the state. They provided a valuable service to those living in the small towns and rural areas of Maine. Life as a peddler wasn\u2019t easy: constant travel placed great strains on these recent immigrants.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Within two to five years most Jewish peddlers either left Maine or advanced into less demanding occupations. By opening stores in towns and cities, Jews began to plant long-lasting roots throughout Maine. Those who settled down and formed enduring communities looked to their children to fulfill what they saw as the American dream. Education and Professional jobs became central to the success stories of many Jews.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Not all Jews, however, followed this path. Some embraced a different vision of success, one which took advantage of Maine\u2019s rural opportunities.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Curated by Spencer Kasko &#039;12&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"contributing-advancing-succeeding\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Contributing, Advancing, Succeeding\"\n                    alt=\"Contributing, Advancing, Succeeding\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_professionsfront.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro1.jpg\"\n               title=\"&lt;p&gt;\u201cA Jew called today to buy egg or hens,\u201d Rose Billings wrote in her diary on October 17, 1921. \u201cWe had neither to spare but I gave him a Yiddish paper and he got sociable.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt; The Jewish peddler who visited Rose\u2019s house may have been seeking only business, but Rose, a young Christian woman, was eager to distribute the missionary pamphlets she had received two days before. At the back of her diary, Rose recorded the addresses of every Jewish household in Bath.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Richard D\u2019Abate&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro1.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro1.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"19\"\n               data-title=\"A peddler drops in, Bath, 1921\"\n               data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;\u201cA Jew called today to buy egg or hens,\u201d Rose Billings wrote in her diary on October 17, 1921. \u201cWe had neither to spare but I gave him a Yiddish paper and he got sociable.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt; The Jewish peddler who visited Rose\u2019s house may have been seeking only business, but Rose, a young Christian woman, was eager to distribute the missionary pamphlets she had received two days before. At the back of her diary, Rose recorded the addresses of every Jewish household in Bath.&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Richard D\u2019Abate&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-36\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"A peddler drops in, Bath, 1921\"\n                    alt=\"A peddler drops in, Bath, 1921\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro1.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/lipsky.jpg\"\n               title=\"Wolf Lipsky sold men\u2019s clothing throughout the Bangor region. He eventually opened a store in town. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Bangor Public Library&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/lipsky.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_lipsky.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"108\"\n               data-title=\"Wolf Lipsky, clothing peddler\"\n               data-description=\"Wolf Lipsky sold men\u2019s clothing throughout the Bangor region. He eventually opened a store in town. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Bangor Public Library&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"wolf-lipsky-clothing-peddler\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Wolf Lipsky, clothing peddler\"\n                    alt=\"Wolf Lipsky, clothing peddler\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_lipsky.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"47\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/portland-peddler.jpg\"\n               title=\"This photograph was taken on Newbury Street, heart of the old Jewish neighborhood in Portland\u2019s East End. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Portland Press Herald collection at the Portland Public Library&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/portland-peddler.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_portland-peddler.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"109\"\n               data-title=\"Milkman outside Sam Levy\u2019s Grocery, Portland, 1948\"\n               data-description=\"This photograph was taken on Newbury Street, heart of the old Jewish neighborhood in Portland\u2019s East End. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Portland Press Herald collection at the Portland Public Library&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"milkman-outside-sam-levy%e2%80%99s-grocery-portland-1948\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Milkman outside Sam Levy\u2019s Grocery, Portland, 1948\"\n                    alt=\"Milkman outside Sam Levy\u2019s Grocery, Portland, 1948\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_portland-peddler.jpg\"\n                    width=\"96\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                                    <br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n                    \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro5.jpg\"\n               title=\"When Jacob Levinsky was 12 years old, he shined shoes on the Casco Bay Ferry using this box. Management let him ride the ferry for free in return for stacking chairs and sweeping. Jacob went on to open a clothing store, Levinsky\u2019s, at the corner of Congress and India Streets. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Phil Levinsky&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro5.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro5.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"24\"\n               data-title=\"Hey mister, want a shoe shine? Portland, circa 1908\"\n               data-description=\"When Jacob Levinsky was 12 years old, he shined shoes on the Casco Bay Ferry using this box. Management let him ride the ferry for free in return for stacking chairs and sweeping. Jacob went on to open a clothing store, Levinsky\u2019s, at the corner of Congress and India Streets. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Phil Levinsky&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-41\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Hey mister, want a shoe shine? Portland, circa 1908\"\n                    alt=\"Hey mister, want a shoe shine? Portland, circa 1908\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro5.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro2.jpg\"\n               title=\"After a hectic Saturday spent assisting customers in his clothing store, William Levine would be able to read about his customers\u2019 transactions in this record book. But don\u2019t worry if you can\u2019t: William kept his records in Yiddish! &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Sara Miller Arnon, Wendy Miller, and Julie Miller-Soros&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro2.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro2.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"21\"\n               data-title=\"Keeping the books, Waterville, 1930s\"\n               data-description=\"After a hectic Saturday spent assisting customers in his clothing store, William Levine would be able to read about his customers\u2019 transactions in this record book. But don\u2019t worry if you can\u2019t: William kept his records in Yiddish! &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Sara Miller Arnon, Wendy Miller, and Julie Miller-Soros&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-38\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Keeping the books, Waterville, 1930s\"\n                    alt=\"Keeping the books, Waterville, 1930s\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro2.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-6\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro8.jpg\"\n               title=\"&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Sara Miller Arnon, Wendy Miller, and Julie Miller-Soros&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro8.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro8.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"27\"\n               data-title=\"Check Writer from Levine\u2019s: The Store for Men and Boys, Waterville, early 20th century\"\n               data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Sara Miller Arnon, Wendy Miller, and Julie Miller-Soros&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-44\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Check Writer from Levine\u2019s: The Store for Men and Boys, Waterville, early 20th century\"\n                    alt=\"Check Writer from Levine\u2019s: The Store for Men and Boys, Waterville, early 20th century\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro8.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-7\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro9.jpg\"\n               title=\"Courtesy of Sara Miller Arnon, Wendy Miller, and Julie Miller-Soros\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro9.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro9.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"28\"\n               data-title=\"Hat stretcher from Levine\u2019s: The Store for Men and Boys, Waterville, early 20th century\"\n               data-description=\"Courtesy of Sara Miller Arnon, Wendy Miller, and Julie Miller-Soros\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-45\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Hat stretcher from Levine\u2019s: The Store for Men and Boys, Waterville, early 20th century\"\n                    alt=\"Hat stretcher from Levine\u2019s: The Store for Men and Boys, Waterville, early 20th century\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro9.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                                    <br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n                    \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/settingupshop.jpg\"\n               title=\"Jacob Cohen worked briefly as a peddler before opening his own clothing store on Bangor\u2019s Broad Street in 1898-99. His clientele were mostly woodsmen and farmers who bought his shirts, coats, boots and dungarees. Jews established clothing stores in towns throughout Maine. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Bangor Public Library &lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/settingupshop.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_settingupshop.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"94\"\n               data-title=\"Setting up shop, Bangor, 1902\"\n               data-description=\"Jacob Cohen worked briefly as a peddler before opening his own clothing store on Bangor\u2019s Broad Street in 1898-99. His clientele were mostly woodsmen and farmers who bought his shirts, coats, boots and dungarees. Jews established clothing stores in towns throughout Maine. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Bangor Public Library &lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"setting-up-shop-bangor-1902\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Setting up shop, Bangor, 1902\"\n                    alt=\"Setting up shop, Bangor, 1902\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_settingupshop.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"74\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/section2_02.jpg\"\n               title=\"Like many married Jewish women in the years after World War II, Phyllis Shiro spent her time raising a family and volunteering. She devoted herself to the hospital, the Colby Museum of Art, local Jewish organizations, and the public schools. Her volunteer work in the classroom inspired her to to back to school herself to become a teacher. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Phyllis Shiro&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/section2_02.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_section2_02.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"55\"\n               data-title=\"Serving the community, Waterville\"\n               data-description=\"Like many married Jewish women in the years after World War II, Phyllis Shiro spent her time raising a family and volunteering. She devoted herself to the hospital, the Colby Museum of Art, local Jewish organizations, and the public schools. Her volunteer work in the classroom inspired her to to back to school herself to become a teacher. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Phyllis Shiro&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-47\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Serving the community, Waterville\"\n                    alt=\"Serving the community, Waterville\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_section2_02.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-10\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro6.jpg\"\n               title=\"Morton A. Brody, born in Lewiston in 1933, was a justice on the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine from 1990-91 and the United States District Court for the District of Maine from 1991 until his death in 2000. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Judith L. Brody&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro6.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro6.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"25\"\n               data-title=\"Gavel of Judge Morton Brody, Waterville\"\n               data-description=\"Morton A. Brody, born in Lewiston in 1933, was a justice on the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine from 1990-91 and the United States District Court for the District of Maine from 1991 until his death in 2000. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Judith L. Brody&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-42\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Gavel of Judge Morton Brody, Waterville\"\n                    alt=\"Gavel of Judge Morton Brody, Waterville\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro6.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-11\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro7.jpg\"\n               title=\"Harris Isaacson, who moved to America as a baby in 1898, became&quot;http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/files\/2011\/06\/3_Item-3.mp3&quot;&gt;Listen to more information about Harris Isaacson&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/blockquote&gt;&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Philip M. Isaacson&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro7.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro7.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"26\"\n               data-title=\"Harris Isaacson\u2019s law shingle, Lewiston, 1922\"\n               data-description=\"Harris Isaacson, who moved to America as a baby in 1898, became&quot;http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/files\/2011\/06\/3_Item-3.mp3&quot;&gt;Listen to more information about Harris Isaacson&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/blockquote&gt;&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Philip M. Isaacson&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-43\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Harris Isaacson\u2019s law shingle, Lewiston, 1922\"\n                    alt=\"Harris Isaacson\u2019s law shingle, Lewiston, 1922\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro7.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                                    <br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n                    \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-12\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/bernard-lown.jpg\"\n               title=\"Bernard Lown was only 13 years old when he immigrated to Lewiston, where he says he was exposed to \u201cthe remarkable American experience.\u201d After attending the University of Maine, he became a cardiologist and invented the defibrillator. Dr. Lown shared in the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize as a co-founder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Abraham J. Peck and Jean M. Peck, Maine\u2019s Jewish Experiences (Arcadia)&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/bernard-lown.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_bernard-lown.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"103\"\n               data-title=\"Bernard Lown, physician and activist\"\n               data-description=\"Bernard Lown was only 13 years old when he immigrated to Lewiston, where he says he was exposed to \u201cthe remarkable American experience.\u201d After attending the University of Maine, he became a cardiologist and invented the defibrillator. Dr. Lown shared in the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize as a co-founder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Abraham J. Peck and Jean M. Peck, Maine\u2019s Jewish Experiences (Arcadia)&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"bernard-lown-physician-and-activist\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Bernard Lown, physician and activist\"\n                    alt=\"Bernard Lown, physician and activist\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_bernard-lown.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-13\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro10.jpg\"\n               title=\"For decades, Dexter Shoes factories in Maine cranked out millions of shoes and shipped them all over the world. Founded in 1957 by Harold Alfond with $10,000, Dexter Shoes became one of the largest shoe manufacturers in the country. When Harold Alfond and his nephew, Peter Lunder, sold the company to Warren Buffett in the \u201990s, they received $420,000,000 worth of stock in return. Harold was given this pair of bronzed shoes on his 75th birthday, commemorating the 125,000,000th pair of shoes manufactured in the Dexter factories. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Alfond Youth Center &lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro10.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro10.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"20\"\n               data-title=\"A whole lot of shoes, Dexter, 1989\"\n               data-description=\"For decades, Dexter Shoes factories in Maine cranked out millions of shoes and shipped them all over the world. Founded in 1957 by Harold Alfond with $10,000, Dexter Shoes became one of the largest shoe manufacturers in the country. When Harold Alfond and his nephew, Peter Lunder, sold the company to Warren Buffett in the \u201990s, they received $420,000,000 worth of stock in return. Harold was given this pair of bronzed shoes on his 75th birthday, commemorating the 125,000,000th pair of shoes manufactured in the Dexter factories. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Alfond Youth Center &lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-37\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"A whole lot of shoes, Dexter, 1989\"\n                    alt=\"A whole lot of shoes, Dexter, 1989\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro10.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-14\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/hiram-adelman.jpg\"\n               title=\"Hiram Adelman, a new immigrant from Russia, didn\u2019t like the climate in New York City, so someone told him to head north. He took this advice to heart and rode the train as far north as it went at the time\u2014to Houlton. There, he established one of the largest potato businesses in Aroostook County. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Abraham J. Peck and Jean M. Peck, Maine\u2019s Jewish Experiences (Arcadia)&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/hiram-adelman.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_hiram-adelman.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"107\"\n               data-title=\"&quot;Head North, young man,&quot; Mars Hill\"\n               data-description=\"Hiram Adelman, a new immigrant from Russia, didn\u2019t like the climate in New York City, so someone told him to head north. He took this advice to heart and rode the train as far north as it went at the time\u2014to Houlton. There, he established one of the largest potato businesses in Aroostook County. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Abraham J. Peck and Jean M. Peck, Maine\u2019s Jewish Experiences (Arcadia)&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"head-north-young-man-mars-hill-2\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"&quot;Head North, young man,&quot; Mars Hill\"\n                    alt=\"&quot;Head North, young man,&quot; Mars Hill\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_hiram-adelman.jpg\"\n                    width=\"93\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-15\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro4.jpg\"\n               title=\"From humble beginnings as junk dealers in Skowhegan, the Lipmans went on to become the \u201cKings of the Poultry Industry\u201d in Maine. For several decades in the mid-20th century, Lipman Poultry shipped to Boston and across the country. The high cost of raising chickens in Maine\u2019s cold climate took its toll, however, and the Lipmans closed up shop as farms based in southern states came to dominate the industry. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Harvey Lipman&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro4.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro4.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"23\"\n               data-title=\"The poultry kings, Augusta\"\n               data-description=\"From humble beginnings as junk dealers in Skowhegan, the Lipmans went on to become the \u201cKings of the Poultry Industry\u201d in Maine. For several decades in the mid-20th century, Lipman Poultry shipped to Boston and across the country. The high cost of raising chickens in Maine\u2019s cold climate took its toll, however, and the Lipmans closed up shop as farms based in southern states came to dominate the industry. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Harvey Lipman&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-40\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"The poultry kings, Augusta\"\n                    alt=\"The poultry kings, Augusta\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro4.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                                    <br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n                    \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-16\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro3.jpg\"\n               title=\"Linda Tatelbaum and Kal Winer, like many others of their generation, decided in 1977 to head \u201cback to the land.\u201d They bought 75 acres in rural Maine, built their own house, and began to grow and preserve their own food. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Linda Tatelbaum and Kal Winer&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/pro3.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro3.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"22\"\n               data-title=\"Back to the land, Appleton\"\n               data-description=\"Linda Tatelbaum and Kal Winer, like many others of their generation, decided in 1977 to head \u201cback to the land.\u201d They bought 75 acres in rural Maine, built their own house, and began to grow and preserve their own food. &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Linda Tatelbaum and Kal Winer&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-39\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/occupation\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Back to the land, Appleton\"\n                    alt=\"Back to the land, Appleton\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/professions\/thumbs\/thumbs_pro3.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2894,"featured_media":0,"parent":588,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":745,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/604\/revisions\/745"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}