Presentation Walking Cane — Charles Wessolowsky (1890)
- Description
- A gold-filled repoussé handle presentation walking stick cane inscribed, "Presented to Chas Wessolowsky by the Jewish Youngmen of Albany, Ga. 1890." Charles Wessolowsky was a key figure in Albany history, a Civil War veteran of the 32nd Georgia Infantry, a Grand Master Mason, a state legislator, and associate editor of the Jewish South newspaper. He was a foundational leader in establishing regional Jewish institutions, including Albany's Hebrew Benevolent Society and religious school, and his letters were compiled in Reflections of Southern Jewry.
- Creator
- Wessolowsky (dedicatee)
- Form
- works of art
- canes (walking sticks)
- Date
- circa 1890
- Subject
- Fraternal organizations
- Collection
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
- Related Place
- United States -- Georgia --Albany
- Physical Location
- LIBRA
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Physical Object
- Identifier
- 2024.11.26.00001
- {2D9A7F8A-3148-46A9-B49E-E9A0CC9E6F68}
- 1.41
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