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Villagers in the Carpathian Mountains

[Chaim Simcha Mechlowitz, a farmer and tanner, Vysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia]

[Villager, Zabie, Carpathian Ruthenia]

[Textile vendor, Carpathian Ruthenia]

Entrance to a kosher hotel, Carpathian Ruthenia

[Woman with pig at a livestock market, Carpathian Ruthenia]

Elder of the village, Tacovo or Uzhorod, Carpathian Ruthenia

[Chaim Simcha Mechlowitz, a farmer and tanner, Vysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia]

[Cattle trader in the open market, Chust, Carpathian Ruthenia]

[Student in cheder (Jewish elementary school), Carpathian Ruthenia]

Youngsters adopted cattle as personal friends, Carpathian Ruthenia

[Chaim Simcha Mechlowitz tilling his fields, Vysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia]

[Chaim Simcha Mechlowitz, a farmer and tanner, Vysni Apsa, Carpathian Ruthenia]

She would rather have it for her own family!, Uzhorod, Carpathian Ruthenia

[Cheder (Jewish elementary school) students waiting in line for the mikveh (ritual bath), Carpathian Ruthenia]

An elder of the village, Vysni Apsa

[Boy standing in front of a banner that reads: “This is the gate through which the righteous will come,” Mukacevo, Rachov or Uzhorod]

City boys. Mukachevo