Orans Family

	Orinski (Orans) Family in Odessa, Russia c.1902..		Chana Orinski (Clara Orans). Detail of family picture in Odessa, Russia, c.1902.
	David Orans as a young man in Odessa, Russia, c.1900-1904.		Ury Orans as a baby at a Paris Studio, c.1908.
	Louis Orans as a young man  Probably New York, c.1910.		Watercolor Postcard of a Village by the Sea. Probably near Odessa. Signed by Lou Orans.
	Certificate of Admission of Alien, November 21, 1909: David "Arans" (Orans).		David Orans traveled to the United States in 1909 on the S. S. Philadelphia of the American Line.
	U. S. Census, 1920. Details of the Orans Family.		Dave Orans, c.1921. Possibly on steps in front of apartment on Boston Post Road.
	Passport Photo of Regina Orans with Ury and Edwin, 1923 at the time of visit to family (Szapiro) in Sosnowiec, Poland.		Passport Photo of David Orans, 1923 at time of visit to family and travel in Europe.
	U. S. Passport issued to Regina Orans, 1923.		U. S. Passport issued to David Orans, 1923.
	Passport Photo of Regina Orans, 1929 for visit to family in Sosnowiec, Poland.		Passport Photo of David Orans, 1929 for visit to family in Poland and travels in Europe.
	Polish Visas issued to David Orans in Oslo, Norway and the Danzig Free State in 1932.		Polish Visa and Entry Stamp issued to Regina Orans, 1929.
	Passport Photo of Regina Orans, 1936 for visit to family in Poland.		Passport Photo of David Orans, 1936 for visit to family in Poland and travels in Europe.
	Regina Orans crossed to Europe on the M. S. Pilsudski in 1936.		Soviet Visa issued to David Orans, 1936.
	Sea Gate. Some history and a few special views of one house in Brooklyn.		Early picture of Sea Gate. Eddie stands about center, Babushka and children can be seen on the side porch.
	Regina and Alfred Orans in with family car in front of the house in Sea Gate, c.1922.		Eddie Orans, aged about 12. In front of the porch at Sea Gate, c.1922.
	Ed and Ury in the Park, Norfolk jackets and All, c.1921		Ed and Ury in the Park with tennis racquet c.1921
	Ed and Ury in the Park, c.1921.		Eddie gets a hug (from -----), c.1921-22.
	Eddie on his tricycle, c.1921.		Ury (Dave Junior) and friends, c.1923-24.
	Dave and Regina visiting son Eddie at Camp, late 1920's.		Family group. Babushka and grand-children on the side porch at Sea Gate.
	Clara (Chana) Orans, "Babushka." Mother of Dave, Lou, Moe, Emile and Fonia. At Sea Gate.		Clara Orans, ------- and grandson Alfred on the porch at Sea Gate, c.1922.
	-----, Alfred, Clara, -----, Lou and Eddie Orans on the side porch at Sea Gate, c.1926.		Lou and Eddie Orans (detail), Sea Gate, c.1926.
	Family Group with Dave and Regina.		Dave on holiday, c.1921.
	Family group of women and children at Sea Gate. c.1936.		Family Group at Sea Gate c.1936.
	Family Group at Sea Gate, c. 1936		Dave, Regina, Ury and Ed on Holiday, c.1932.
	Orans Family Group, c.1922. Partially identified.		Orans Family Group on the Beach at Sea Gate (1920's)
	Orans Family Group, c. 1945 Partially Identified.		Orans Family Group, 1955-1957.
	Dave loved painting and photography. Barns were a specialty. Photo c. 1925.		Another winter farm scene. Photo c.1925.
	Early watercolor of  "A Country Scene" by Dave Orans, c.1930.		Early watercolor of  "Along a Woodland Stream" by Dave Orans, c.1930.
	Early watercolor of "A Country Lane" by Dave Orans, c.1930.		Watercolor on a postcard. "River Bridge" by Dave Orans, c.1923
	"On Deck-North German Lloyd." Watercolor painted on a Trans-Atlantic Crossing by Dave Orans
	Dave Orans painting as ----- looks on.		Regina, Dave and -----. Sitting together in the clear winter air.
	The family loved the cold. Sled scene with Dave in the 1920's.		Regina poses by an old oak in a winter scene.
	RMS Mauretania, Queen of the Atlantic run for many years. Carried Dave to Europe in the Twenties.		Dave traveled to Europe on  the S. S. Alfred Ballin of the Hamburg-America Line in 1927.
	David Orans enroute to Europe, c.1927. Stripes on the smoke stack indicate a ship of the Hamburg-America Line.		David Orans enroute to Europe, c.1927.
	Regina and friends await Dave's return from Europe at the North German Lloyd Piers in New York.		Detail from arrival scene. Regina meets Dave on his return from Europe.
	More Orans Family Photos		Like his father, Ed Orans loved photography. Here is a favorite shot at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.
	Family of Abraham Orans		Family of Edwin David Orans

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