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[Jacob Ben-Ami in "The Man With a Portfolio".]

[Jacob Ben-Ami in "The Man With a Portfolio".]

[Jacob Ben-Ami holding a gun over Berta Gersten in "The Verdict".]

[Jacob Ben-Ami holding a gun over Berta Gersten in "The Verdict".]

[Berta Gersten aiming a gun at Jacob Ben-Ami in "The Verdict".]

[Berta Gersten aiming a gun at Jacob Ben-Ami in "The Verdict".]

[Berta Gersten and Jacob Ben-Ami in "The Verdict".]

[Berta Gersten and Jacob Ben-Ami in "The Verdict".]

[Berta Gersten and Jacob Ben Ami in "The Verdict".]

[Berta Gersten and Jacob Ben Ami in "The Verdict".]

["The Verdict" theater still.]

["The Verdict" theater still.]

["The Dybbuk" theater still.]

["The Dybbuk" theater still.]

"Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto" theater still.]

"Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto" theater still.]

["Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto" theater still.]

["Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto" theater still.]

["The Dybbuk" theater still.]

["The Dybbuk" theater still.]

["Three Cities" theater still.]

["Three Cities" theater still.]

["The King and the Cobbler" theater still.]

["The King and the Cobbler" theater still.]

["The King and the Cobbler" theater still.]

["The King and the Cobbler" theater still.]

[Jacob Ben-Ami and Muriel Gruber in "Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto".]

[Jacob Ben-Ami and Muriel Gruber in "Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto".]

["We Will Live" theater still.]

["We Will Live" theater still.]

[Jacob Ben-Ami in "The Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto".]

[Jacob Ben-Ami in "The Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto".]

[Jacob Ben-Ami in "Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto".]

[Jacob Ben-Ami in "Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto".]

["The Good Soldier Schweik" theater still.]

["The Good Soldier Schweik" theater still.]

[Menachem Rubin, Jacob Ben-Ami and Isidore Cashier in "Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto".]

[Menachem Rubin, Jacob Ben-Ami and Isidore Cashier in "Miracle of the Warsaw Ghetto".]

["The Good Soldier Schweik" theater still.]

["The Good Soldier Schweik" theater still.]

["The Man With the Portfolio" theater still.]

Accession number F2012.63.304 
Unique identifier MNY321389 
Description This is likely the 1931 Yiddish Art Theatre performance at the Second Avenue Theatre. Standardized transliteration of the English title is "Der man mitn portfel". 
Dated ca. 1931 
Object Type photograph
Physical dimensions H: 9 3/8 in, W: 7 1/16 in 
File dimensions 13.8 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
35.1 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi 

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