Item ID	27837
Title	Elderly craftsman works at his "workshop" creating sandals worn by many in the Mellah (Jewish quarter)
Reference Code	NY_16942
Description	An aged Jewish artisan in his "workshop," a bit of earth near the marketplace partially sheltered by old burlap. He makes a special kind of slipper worn extensively in North Africa by the same techniques used for generations. Better working conditions and a higher income for these needy Jews has been made possible through the loan fund established by the AJDC.
City / Town	Fez	similar items
Country	Morocco	similar items
Dates	1954
Decade	1950	similar items
Photo Date Description	c.1954	similar items
Photographer	Jerome Silberstein	similar items
Size	8 x 10
Format	Print

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